Re: [dev] [dwm] Why should (or shouldn't) dwm have a spawn function?

2021-06-28 Thread Martin Tournoij
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021, at 07:16, qsm...@tutanota.com wrote: > The existence of the spawn function in dwm surprises me. Wouldn't it be > more consistent with Suckless' values (simplicity, minimalism, > modularity) if the job of spawning commands were relegated to a hotkey > daemon, such as xbindke

[dev] [dwm] Why should (or shouldn't) dwm have a spawn function?

2021-06-28 Thread qsmodo
The existence of the spawn function in dwm surprises me. Wouldn't it be more consistent with Suckless' values (simplicity, minimalism, modularity) if the job of spawning commands were relegated to a hotkey daemon, such as xbindkeys or sxhkd? It is true that some people could be driven away afte

Re: [dev] [dwm] Why should (or shouldn't) dwm have a spawn function?

2021-06-28 Thread Страхиња Радић
On 21/06/29 10:03, Martin Tournoij wrote: > > It is true that some people could be driven away after being greeted > > with a black screen without any preconfigured keybinding to open a > > terminal or dmenu, but dwm takes pride in "keeping its userbase small > > and elitist, withoutnovices aski