Here is an updated version of the patch that doesn't cause dwm to crash when adding or removing monitors. There is also a know issue when multiple tags are assigned to a single window. The patch doesn't prevent you from displaying both tags on two monitors at the same time - better don't do it.
https://bitbucket.org/jceb81/dwm-patches/raw/53cc07efad29/single_clientlist.patch Cheers, Jan Christoph -----Original message----- From: Jan Christoph Ebersbach <j...@e-jc.de> Sent: Mon 27-02-2012 21:12 Subject: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors continued To: dev@suckless.org; CC: 78...@web.de; > Hi Thomas, > Hi everybody, > > I experienced the very same difficulties with dwm's multi-monitor > support that Thomas described earlier this year. In the attached patch I > solved the problem by detaching the list of clients from the monitor. > There is just one list of clients and all tags are shared between the > monitors. > > The biggest advantage in my eyes is the ability to swap tags between > monitors while every monitor still keeps its one tag(s). > > It's crucial that a tag/window can't be displayed on two monitors at the > same this. The patch implements this functionality at the cost of > MODKEY-0 - it doesn't work anymore in a multi-monitor setup. > > Feedback is very welcome. The patch is very fresh and I expect that a > number of corner cases won't work. Due to the large number of changes > it's very likely that the patch also breaks other patches. > > https://bitbucket.org/jceb81/dwm-patches/raw/95eca0c72fc7/single_clientlist.patc > h > > Cheers, > > Jan Christoph > >
