On 5 April 2012 13:31, Anselm R Garbe <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 April 2012 22:29, Jan Christoph Ebersbach <[email protected]> wrote: >> What needs to be done to get the systray patch upstream into dwm? Is there >> any chance of getting it upstream or is it a total no go? > > It is a total no go. It is even questionable that dwm contains a > status text area. There are tools like dzen for this instead. > > I think it is very fair for those who need this functionality to have > it available as a patch. > > Cheers, > Anselm >
I concur. Just because dwm provides a small panel doesn't mean it should work like other panels. Would openbox have a built in system tray? would kwin have a system tray? no. these are things implemented by different applications. Calvin
