On 26 July 2010 22:32, David DEMELIER <demelier.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello dear dwm users,
hi > There is something that make me sad with dwm, there is a lack of role > rules for clients. I explain : clients have instance and name using > WM_CLASS, but there is also WM_WINDOW_ROLE which is really important > and useful. dwm uses XGetClassHint() to retrieve the class and instance, and you can't get WM_WINDOW_ROLE like this, so it's not as trivial to add on. I've attached a patch (with some dodgy casting) that works for me, but it's pretty useless. To have rules work with lots of arbitary WM_* rules would mean extending the code a lot for little gain - Iron (chromium clone) doesn't set WM_WINDOW_ROLE, for example, and nor does surf, nor vimprobable. tl;dr: > However I doubt that many client make > actually use of WM_WINDOW_ROLE in a consistent way, which is why I > believe there is no great benefit in doing so -- or in other words, > yet another proof how hideous X has become ;) Rob
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