[SOLVED]Creating a gap at the top of the screen in DWM / Dzen2

Question

I've messed around with this for a couple days to no avail. I'd like to create a small gap at the top of the screen in dwm 6.0 (replacing dwm's topbar) so I can insert a dzen status bar. I'm pretty new to editing dwm.c, but from my google-fu have found that the answer lies somewhere in the setup() and updategeom() functions. Any other relevant information is only applicable to earlier versions of dwm.
So, can anyone help me out, or atleast point me in the right direction? I understand this might be possible through xmonad, but would like to avoid that if there's a chance.
Last edited by thecarrotstick (2013-06-27 22:57:33)

Answer 1

Trilby wrote:If you really want to replace dwm's bar, then you don't need to do anything - just have dzen over dwm's bar.  If you wanted to make it as efficient as possible, you could delete the function that draws the bar (or probably more easily just delete it's contents so it is an empty function).
That actually worked to some effect, I was so OCD about it being clean I didn't want to paint over the original bar, but just deleting the function that draws it doesn't seem to have removed the gap where it used to be. This solution also allows me the ability to hide it as well.
So thanks, I'm pretty happy with these results.