2010/7/27 Rob <robpill...@gmail.com>: > 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. >
Thanks for your work, but there is many applications that also set it. pidgin, gajim, firefox, gimp ... > 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 > -- Demelier David
