[SOLVED] dwm Recompile Difficulty

I am currently running dwm. I followed the abs intall method from the ArchWiki, but have run into trouble when I attempt to make changes to the config.h and recompile. If I make a single simple change to config.h (ex. change the value of "static const char ...color" or "static unsigned int borderpx") I do not notice any change in dwm upon restarting it.
[filam@lotte dwm]$ makepkg -efi
==> Making package: dwm 5.3-1 i686 (Tue Dec 30 11:47:02 EST 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> WARNING: Skipping source retrieval -- using existing src/ tree
==> WARNING: Skipping source integrity checks -- using existing src/ tree
==> WARNING: Skipping source extraction -- using existing src/ tree
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
dwm build options:
CFLAGS = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Os -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/X11 -DVERSION="5.3"
LDFLAGS = -s -L/usr/lib -lc -L/usr/lib/X11 -lX11
CC = cc
CC dwm.c
CC -o dwm
dwm build options:
CFLAGS = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Os -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DVERSION="5.3"
LDFLAGS = -s -L/usr/lib -lc -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
CC = cc
installing executable file to /home/filam/dwm/pkg/usr/bin
installing manual page to /home/filam/dwm/pkg/usr/share/man/man1
==> Tidying install...
-> Compressing man pages...
-> Stripping debugging symbols from binaries and libraries...
==> Creating package...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Adding install script...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: dwm 5.3-1 i686 (Tue Dec 30 11:47:04 EST 2008)
==> Installing package dwm with pacman -U...
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
Password:
filam is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
As a reletively new end-user I can imagine I have made some simple mistake, but just can't imagine what that might be.
Last edited by filam (2008-12-30 16:57:29)

Thanks for the help lake.
string wrote:You need root privs to install packages but you don't need them in order to create packages. You are running `makepkg -efi` which will try to install the package after its creation. The solution is simple, first create the package as a regular user via `makepkg -ef` (the `i` flag has been stripped), then, log in as root and run `pacman -U /full/path/to/your/newly/created/package`.
Thanks string. Perfect explanation. This solution was exactly what I was looking for. Worked like a charm.

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Last edited by rollypolio (2015-02-19 21:12:24)

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url="http://dwm.suckless.org"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
license=('MIT')
options=(zipman)
depends=('libx11' 'libxinerama')
install=dwm.install
source=(http://dl.suckless.org/dwm/dwm-$pkgver.tar.gz
config.h
dwm-personalized.desktop)
md5sums=('8bb00d4142259beb11e13473b81c0857'
'8b5732a7b4d40d021fcb9b2c549a389a'
'7d3152c4ad668bddefbaf54315b54a9b')
build() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
cp $srcdir/config.h config.h
sed -i 's/CPPFLAGS =/CPPFLAGS +=/g' config.mk
sed -i 's/^CFLAGS = -g/#CFLAGS += -g/g' config.mk
sed -i 's/^#CFLAGS = -std/CFLAGS += -std/g' config.mk
sed -i 's/^LDFLAGS = -g/#LDFLAGS += -g/g' config.mk
sed -i 's/^#LDFLAGS = -s/LDFLAGS += -s/g' config.mk
make X11INC=/usr/include/X11 X11LIB=/usr/lib/X11
package() {
cd $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver
make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=$pkgdir install
install -m644 -D LICENSE $pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE
install -m644 -D README $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README
install -m644 -D $srcdir/dwm.desktop $pkgdir/usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop

[Solved] DWM with w0ng' config

Hi everyone,
Im using dwm on archlinux, and i try to install w0ng' config. But it is not working, i cant press anykey, i try shift+alt+q, shift+alt+p, alt+1, alt+2..... my screen no change, i must switch to tty2 and recompile dwm to default.
I upload 4 images for more details. This is top-left and top-right of my screen:
http://i.imgur.com/Em8286U.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zrxOtqC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ObcOAKp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hjd3KTH.jpg
I installed font terminus2 and xbmicons:
fc-list | grep termi
/usr/share/fonts/local/terminus2.bdf: Terminus2:style=Regular
/root/.fonts/terminus2.bdf: Terminus2:style=Regular
fc-list | grep xb
/root/.fonts/xbmicons.pcf: xbmicons:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/local/xbmicons.pcf: xbmicons:style=Regular
and here is how do i do:
cd /home/user/Download/dwm-master/
cp PKGBUILD /root/dwm/
cp 0* config.h bstack.c gaplessgrid.c push.c /root/dwm/src/
cd /root/dwm/
makepkg -efi
Tks for reading.
-- mod edit: changed images to links - Trilby --
Last edited by x3004 (2014-07-12 17:37:00)

Here is my config, i change a bit on w0ng' config:
/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
/* appearance */
static const char font[] = "-*-xbmicons-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ","
/*"-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";*/
"-*-terminus2-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
#define NUMCOLORS 12
static const char colors[NUMCOLORS][ColLast][9] = {
// border foreground background
{ "#282a2e", "#373b41", "#1d1f21" }, // 1 = normal (grey on black)
{ "#f0c674", "#c5c8c6", "#1d1f21" }, // 2 = selected (white on black)
{ "#dc322f", "#1d1f21", "#f0c674" }, // 3 = urgent (black on yellow)
{ "#282a2e", "#282a2e", "#1d1f21" }, // 4 = darkgrey on black (for glyphs)
{ "#282a2e", "#1d1f21", "#282a2e" }, // 5 = black on darkgrey (for glyphs)
{ "#282a2e", "#cc6666", "#1d1f21" }, // 6 = red on black
{ "#282a2e", "#b5bd68", "#1d1f21" }, // 7 = green on black
{ "#282a2e", "#de935f", "#1d1f21" }, // 8 = orange on black
{ "#282a2e", "#f0c674", "#282a2e" }, // 9 = yellow on darkgrey
{ "#282a2e", "#81a2be", "#282a2e" }, // A = blue on darkgrey
{ "#282a2e", "#b294bb", "#282a2e" }, // B = magenta on darkgrey
{ "#282a2e", "#8abeb7", "#282a2e" }, // C = cyan on darkgrey
/* edit here */
static const char normbordercolor[] = "#444444";
static const char normbgcolor[] = "#222222";
static const char normfgcolor[] = "#bbbbbb";
static const char selbordercolor[] = "#005577";
static const char selbgcolor[] = "#005577";
static const char selfgcolor[] = "#eeeeee";
static const unsigned int borderpx = 0; /* border pixel of windows */
static const unsigned int snap = 8; /* snap pixel */
static const Bool showbar = True; /* False means no bar */
static const Bool topbar = True; /* False means bottom bar */
/* tagging */
static const char *tags[] = { "\uE000", "\uE001", "\uE002", "\uE003", "\uE008",
"\uE004", "\uE005", "\uE006","\uE007 " };
static const Rule rules[] = {
/* class instance title tags mask isfloating iscentred monitor */
{ "feh", NULL, NULL, 0, True, True, -1 },
{ "Gcolor2", NULL, NULL, 0, True, True, -1 },
{ "XFontSel", NULL, NULL, 0, True, True, -1 },
{ "Xfd", NULL, NULL, 0, True, True, -1 },
{ "Firefox", NULL, NULL, 1, False, False, -1 },
{ "URxvt", "ircmailbt", NULL, 1 << 1, False, False, -1 },
{ "Gvim", NULL, NULL, 1 << 2, False, False, -1 },
{ "Zathura", NULL, NULL, 1 << 3, False, False, -1 },
{ "libreoffice-calc", NULL, NULL, 1 << 3, False, False, -1 },
{ "libreoffice-impress", NULL, NULL, 1 << 3, False, False, -1 },
{ "libreoffice-startcenter", NULL, NULL, 1 << 3, False, False, -1 },
{ "libreoffice-writer", NULL, NULL, 1 << 3, False, False, -1 },
{ "mpv", NULL, NULL, 1 << 4, False, False, -1 },
{ "TeamViewer.exe", NULL, NULL, 1 << 5, True, False, -1 },
{ "Wine", NULL, NULL, 1 << 5, True, False, -1 },
{ "Gimp", NULL, NULL, 1 << 5, True, False, -1 },
{ "URxvt", "filemgr", NULL, 1 << 6, False, False, -1 },
{ "Chromium", NULL, NULL, 1 << 7, False, False, -1 },
/* layout(s) */
static const float mfact = 0.50; /* factor of master area size [0.05..0.95] */
static const int nmaster = 1; /* number of clients in master area */
static const Bool resizehints = False; /* True means respect size hints in tiled resizals */
#include "bstack.c"
#include "gaplessgrid.c"
static const Layout layouts[] = {
/* symbol arrange function */
{ "\uE020 \uE009 \uE020", tile }, /* first entry is default */
{ "\uE020 \uE00A \uE020", NULL }, /* no layout function means floating behavior */
{ "\uE020 \uE00B \uE020", monocle },
{ "\uE020 \uE00C \uE020", bstack },
{ "\uE020 \uE00D \uE020", gaplessgrid },
/* key definitions */
#define MODKEY Mod4Mask
#define TAGKEYS(KEY,TAG) \
{ MODKEY, KEY, toggleview, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ControlMask, KEY, view, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, KEY, tag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY, toggletag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} },
/* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
/* commands */
static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-fn", font, "-nb", colors[0][ColBG], "-nf", colors[0][ColFG], "-sb", colors[1][ColBG], "-sf", colors[1][ColFG], NULL };
static const char *termcmd[] = { "urxvtc", NULL };
static const char scratchpadname[] = "scratchpad";
static const char *scratchpadcmd[] = { "urxvtc", "-name", scratchpadname, "-geometry", "100x25", NULL };
static const char *volupcmd[] = { "amixer", "-q", "set", "PCM", "5%+", NULL };
static const char *voldncmd[] = { "amixer", "-q", "set", "PCM", "5%-", NULL };
static const char *mpctog[] = { "ncmpcpp", "toggle", NULL };
static const char *mpcprev[] = { "ncmpcpp", "prev", NULL };
static const char *mpcnext[] = { "ncmpcpp", "next", NULL };
#include "push.c"
static Key keys[] = {
/* modifier key function argument */
/* edit here: change XK_o to XK_p
{ MODKEY, XK_o, spawn, {.v = dmenucmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_p, spawn, {.v = dmenucmd } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_Return, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
/* edit here
{ MODKEY, XK_s, togglescratch, {.v = scratchpadcmd} },
{ MODKEY, XK_apostrophe, spawn, {.v = volupcmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_semicolon, spawn, {.v = voldncmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_slash, spawn, {.v = mpctog } },
{ MODKEY, XK_bracketleft, spawn, {.v = mpcprev } },
{ MODKEY, XK_bracketright, spawn, {.v = mpcnext } },
{ MODKEY|ControlMask, XK_b, togglebar, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_j, focusstack, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_k, focusstack, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_j, pushdown, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_k, pushup, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_i, incnmaster, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_d, incnmaster, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_h, setmfact, {.f = -0.05} },
{ MODKEY, XK_l, setmfact, {.f = +0.05} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Return, zoom, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Tab, view, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_c, killclient, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_t, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[0]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_f, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[1]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_m, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[2]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_b, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[3]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_g, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[4]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_space, setlayout, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_space, togglefloating, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_0, view, {.ui = ~0 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_0, tag, {.ui = ~0 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_comma, focusmon, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_period, focusmon, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_comma, tagmon, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_period, tagmon, {.i = +1 } },
TAGKEYS( XK_1, 0)
TAGKEYS( XK_2, 1)
TAGKEYS( XK_3, 2)
TAGKEYS( XK_4, 3)
TAGKEYS( XK_5, 4)
TAGKEYS( XK_6, 5)
TAGKEYS( XK_7, 6)
TAGKEYS( XK_8, 7)
TAGKEYS( XK_9, 8)
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_q, quit, {0} },
/* button definitions */
/* click can be ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, or ClkRootWin */
static Button buttons[] = {
/* click event mask button function argument */
{ ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button1, setlayout, {0} },
{ ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button3, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[2]} },
{ ClkWinTitle, 0, Button2, zoom, {0} },
{ ClkStatusText, 0, Button2, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button1, movemouse, {0} },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button2, togglefloating, {0} },
{ ClkClientWin, MODKEY, Button3, resizemouse, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, 0, Button1, toggleview, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, 0, Button3, view, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, MODKEY, Button1, tag, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, MODKEY, Button3, toggletag, {0} },
And here is "makepkg -efi" output:
=> 01-statuscolours.diff
patching file dwm.c
=> 02-monoclecount.diff
patching file dwm.c
=> 03-noborder.diff
patching file dwm.c
=> 04-centredfloating.diff
patching file dwm.c
=> 05-scratchpad.diff
patching file dwm.c
=> 06-attachaside.diff
patching file dwm.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 161 with fuzz 2 (offset 8 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 426 (offset 28 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 1223 with fuzz 1 (offset 106 lines).
=> 07-nopaddedbar.diff
patching file dwm.c
dwm build options:
CFLAGS = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Os -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/X11 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DVERSION="6.0" -DXINERAMA
LDFLAGS = -s -L/usr/lib -lc -L/usr/lib/X11 -lX11 -L/usr/lib/X11 -lXinerama
CC = cc
CC dwm.c
CC -o dwm
dwm build options:
CFLAGS = -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Os -I. -I/usr/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DVERSION="6.0" -DXINERAMA
LDFLAGS = -s -L/usr/lib -lc -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXinerama
CC = cc
installing executable file to /root/dwm/pkg/dwm/usr/bin
installing manual page to /root/dwm/pkg/dwm/usr/share/man/man1
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Packages (1): dwm-6.0-2
Total Installed Size: 0.09 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
checking available disk space...
reinstalling dwm...
@jasonwryan: I saw your name in here, nice to meet you (statuscolors-6.0 patch is not exists).

[SOLVED] dwm config

[SOLVED]
Hi,
I am asking for help with my dwm config. What I want it to do is, instead of snapping directly to the edge of the screen, I want it to snap a certain distance away from it (and maybe other windows). Can someone point me in the right direction?
Also, this is less relevant, but I want to include the system time in the title bar of dwm. Any help there?
Last edited by latenitekid (2013-03-12 00:43:30)

The time is included in the example status bar on the wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dw … _statusbar
The snapping thing sounds like a variant of useless gaps...

[SOLVED] [dwm] Can't start dwm

Hi!
I've recently entered the world of tiling WM and started with dwm.
Since I'm kinda insecure, and wanted to keep gnome as well, I've followed every single step in the wiki article and used the ~/.Xclients way, so I could start dwm from gdm (I've followed also the steps in the discussion page as well).
Then, when I tried to startup dwm from gdm, it doesn't start, and goes back again to gdm.
My ~/.Xclients file is the following:
setxkbmap -layout pt
#relogio
while true; do
xsetroot -name "$( date +"%F %R" )"
sleep 1m # Update time every minute
done &
# #estado da bateria
# while true; do
# batt=$(LC_ALL=C acpi -b)
# case $batt in
# *Discharging*)
# batt="${batt#* * * }"
# batt="${batt%%, *} "
# batt=""
# esac
# xsetroot -name "$batt$(date +%R)"
# sleep 60
# done &
#conky bar
conky | while read -r; do xsetroot -name "$REPLY"; done &
#executar o dwm
exec dwm
It's all things copied from the wiki page, just for testing if everything was fine...
My /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop file is:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Dwm
Comment=Dynamic window manager
Exec=/usr/local/bin/dwm
Icon=dwm
Type=XSession
And I've created a /usr/share/xsessions/user.desktop file that looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=User XSession script
Comment=Runs your ~./Xsession script
Exec=/etc/X11/Xsession
Type=Application
Thanks in advance for any help, I've searched the forums and used google and couldn't find any answer to this problem :S
Last edited by Aeriel (2011-09-01 17:19:02)

haxit, thanks I've managed to solve the problem!
I've installed SLiM and set up everything in .xinitrc.
The dwm.desktop doesn't match with yours because I've changed somethings and because I didn't backup the file (I know, it's super dumb and stupid) I had to paste the defaults I found in the web.
Thanks.
Fellow gdm and dwm users, an advice, put everything in .xinitrc. It's easier.
Last edited by Aeriel (2011-09-01 17:19:30)

[SOLVED] dwm tiling and monocle not work in virtualbox arch

I installed arch in virtualbox on my office windows computer.
I installed dwm from abs and configured by recompiling using config.h like this below:
/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
/* appearance */
static const char font[] = "-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
static const char normbordercolor[] = "#444444";
static const char normbgcolor[] = "#222222";
static const char normfgcolor[] = "#bbbbbb";
static const char selbordercolor[] = "#005577";
static const char selbgcolor[] = "#005577";
static const char selfgcolor[] = "#eeeeee";
static const unsigned int borderpx = 1; /* border pixel of windows */
static const unsigned int snap = 32; /* snap pixel */
static const Bool showbar = True; /* False means no bar */
static const Bool topbar = True; /* False means bottom bar */
/* tagging */
static const char *tags[] = { " A ", " R ", " C ", " H " };
static const Rule rules[] = {
/* class instance title tags mask isfloating monitor */
{ NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, True, -1 },
/* layout(s) */
static const float mfact = 0.55; /* factor of master area size [0.05..0.95] */
static const int nmaster = 1; /* number of clients in master area */
static const Bool resizehints = False; /* True means respect size hints in tiled resizals */
static const Layout layouts[] = {
/* symbol arrange function */
{ "[]=", tile }, /* first entry is default */
{ "[M]", monocle },
/* key definitions */
#define MODKEY Mod1Mask
#define TAGKEYS(KEY,TAG) \
{ MODKEY, KEY, view, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ControlMask, KEY, toggleview, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, KEY, tag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
{ MODKEY|ControlMask|ShiftMask, KEY, toggletag, {.ui = 1 << TAG} },
/* helper for spawning shell commands in the pre dwm-5.0 fashion */
#define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
/* commands */
static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-fn", font, "-nb", normbgcolor, "-nf", normfgcolor, "-sb", selbgcolor, "-sf", selfgcolor, NULL };
static const char *termcmd[] = { "lxterminal", NULL };
static Key keys[] = {
/* modifier key function argument */
{ MODKEY, XK_p, spawn, {.v = dmenucmd } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_Return, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
{ MODKEY, XK_b, togglebar, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_j, focusstack, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_k, focusstack, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_i, incnmaster, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_d, incnmaster, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_h, setmfact, {.f = -0.05} },
{ MODKEY, XK_l, setmfact, {.f = +0.05} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Return, zoom, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_Tab, view, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_c, killclient, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_t, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[0]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_f, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[1]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_space, setlayout, {0} },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_space, togglefloating, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_0, view, {.ui = ~0 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_0, tag, {.ui = ~0 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_comma, focusmon, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY, XK_period, focusmon, {.i = +1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_comma, tagmon, {.i = -1 } },
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_period, tagmon, {.i = +1 } },
TAGKEYS( XK_1, 0)
TAGKEYS( XK_2, 1)
TAGKEYS( XK_3, 2)
TAGKEYS( XK_4, 3)
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_q, quit, {0} },
/* button definitions */
/* click can be ClkLtSymbol, ClkStatusText, ClkWinTitle, ClkClientWin, or ClkRootWin */
static Button buttons[] = {
/* click event mask button function argument */
{ ClkLtSymbol, 0, Button1, setlayout, {0} },
{ ClkWinTitle, 0, Button2, zoom, {0} },
{ ClkStatusText, 0, Button2, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
{ ClkTagBar, 0, Button1, view, {0} },
{ ClkTagBar, 0, Button3, toggleview, {0} },
now, I can switch tiling to monocle and monocle to tiling.
but windows appears as floating or not tiling in tiling mod.
Last edited by mshan (2015-03-09 06:16:31)

Yes, I can switch, this means I can hit Alt+space or click on layout symbols:
[ ]=
and
[2]
the symbols toggle.
but windows don't change their layout from tiling to monocle or monocle to tiling.
they just open as floating. For example: my Lxterminal appears as in openbox except window title bar.
sorry for my english.

[Solved] Dwm reconfigure after update.

The problem is simple, after update to last version of Dwm i had to build and install it from scratch. I don't want to do that for any new version of Dwm. Is there a way to avoid that process?
Cheers.
Last edited by n0dix (2010-06-04 13:40:46)

skanky wrote:
I had this issue on my other machine (this one uses scrotwm). Trying to remember what I did to resolve it.
There were no errors after makepkg -efi but the version kept reverting back to the previous one. I think it happened updating to that one, too. Anyway, I *think* what I did was to copy my config.h elsewhere, clear out the dir I used for building it, updated abs, copied the dwm-5.8.1 files in and rebuilt. Search for dwm-5.8.1 using grep to make sure you have the right files.
There may be a step missing from that though.
Exactly the same problem and the solution helps a lot. Indeed, this is the way i solved the issue. But the question is: exists any way to do automatically those steps? I know, i can make a shell script, but apart from that there is another?

[SOLVED] DWM - Blank menubar?

Hello --
I've just switched from Awesome to DWM after some performance issues -- and through it's great, my menu-bar does not display the titles of open applications, nor do the tags show the little box indicating that there are open windows in that tag. It is working perfectly though, and I've got my battery status and data and time and all such, configured through .xinitrc. I don't know what I have to configure to get that simple performance.
Goofier yet, I had it earlier -- after accidently hitting some key combination (I think), so I don't think anything needs to be recompiled. It's just a setting somewhere -- or a key combo.
Thanks!
Sam
Last edited by sammermpc (2010-10-20 17:55:38)

Got it. Idiotic problem. Noticed by how the gray color of the tag section extended way out to the right, and that a blue section inbetween would flash. This is on an external 1920x1080 monitor, which for whatever reason, seems to wreak havoc with the menubar display.
xrandr --screen VGA1 --mode 1280x800
That restored the menu bar to regular behaviour, though of course, I'll have to figure a work-around to get the proper resolution. Any thoughts? At least the straight dwm distribution is not at fault, just my dual-monitor set-up.

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