On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 02:20:41PM +0200, mauro tonon wrote:
> Usually, in dwm, I prefer to have only terminals (xterm, rxvt, etc)
> in tiled mode and all other applications in floating mode...
> At first, I added many lines to the rules section in config.h
> but, now, I solved the problem in this way:
>
> in file config.def.h, before the rules, add:
>
> + /* Floating default rule for a generic window:
> + 0 if you want (current) tiled layout as default
> + 1 if you want floating layout as default */
> + #define FLOATING_AS_DEFAULT 1
>
> with this rule:
>
> + { "XTerm", NULL, NULL, 0, False, -1 },
>
> and in file dwm.c, in function applyrules:
>
> - c->isfloating = c->tags = 0;
> + c->isfloating = FLOATING_AS_DEFAULT;
> + c->tags = 0;
>
> Note that this is not the same that to set "floating" as default layout mode
> (i.e. all applications in floating mode).
> With my patch, terminals are tiled, by default, but all others applications
> not.
>
Why not just add "default" rule first. Like this:
{ NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, True, -1 },
{ "XTerm", NULL, NULL, 0, False, -1 },
First rule sets isfloating=True. Then it is changed to False for terminals.
