> BTW, why do you think that it should be set once in config.h
> which applications should start in floating mode?
You don't have to do that for every application. If there is some
misbehaving application I use only so often, I tend to activate
floating mode (mod+f), start the application, make it floating
(mod+shift+space) and go back to tiling mode (mod+t). But for
applications I'm using more frequently editing config.h and recompiling
dwm might be worth it.
> If the policy of the Developers is that dwm should be configured through
> config.h (I am not arguing agains that) can one restart dwm on the fly
> after recompiling it?
I too found it cumbersome to quit the whole X session just to try out
a config setting for dwm (or upgrading it).
I added this line to config.h:
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_r, restart, {0} },
and used the following patch to make dwm restart by pressing
MODKEY+shift+r.
It's not perfect, because dwm will not remeber which window has which
tags or which tags you're currently viewing, but that wasn't my main
concern.
--- dwm.orig/dwm.c
+++ dwm/dwm.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ static int xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEv
static int xerrordummy(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
static int xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
static void zoom(const Arg *arg);
+static void restart(const Arg *arg);
/* variables */
static const char broken[] = "broken";
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ static void (*handler[LASTEvent]) (XEven
static Atom wmatom[WMLast], netatom[NetLast];
static Bool otherwm;
static Bool running = True;
+static Bool do_restart = False;
static Cursor cursor[CurLast];
static Display *dpy;
static DC dc;
@@ -1999,6 +2001,12 @@ zoom(const Arg *arg) {
arrange(c->mon);
}
+void
+restart(const Arg *arg) {
+ do_restart = 1;
+ running = 0;
+}
+
int
main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if(argc == 2 && !strcmp("-v", argv[1]))
@@ -2015,5 +2023,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
run();
cleanup();
XCloseDisplay(dpy);
+ if (do_restart)
+ execlp(argv[0], argv[0], NULL);
return 0;
}
--
Eckehard Berns
