some simplifications to intro in dwm.h 551d6bb2
arg@mmvi · 2006-09-19 16:13 1 file(s) · +13 −13
dwm.h +13 −13
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 * dynamic window manager is designed like any other X client as well. It is
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 * driven through handling X events. In contrast to other X clients, a window
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 * manager like dwm selects for SubstructureRedirectMask on the root window, to
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 * receive events about window appearance and disappearance.  Only one X
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 * connection at a time is allowed to select for this event mask.
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 * manager selects for SubstructureRedirectMask on the root window, to receive
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 * events about window (dis-)appearance.  Only one X connection at a time is
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 * allowed to select for this event mask.
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 * Calls to fetch an X event from the X event queue connection are blocking.
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 * Due reading status text from standard input, a select-driven main loop has
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 * been implemented which selects for reads on the X connection and
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 * STDIN_FILENO to handle all data smoothly and without busy-loop quirks. The
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 * event handlers of dwm are organized in an array which is accessed whenever a
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 * new event has been fetched. This allows event dispatching in O(1) time.
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 * Calls to fetch an X event from the event queue are blocking.  Due reading
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 * status text from standard input, a select-driven main loop has been
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 * implemented which selects for reads on the X connection and STDIN_FILENO to
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 * handle all data smoothly. The event handlers of dwm are organized in an
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 * array which is accessed whenever a new event has been fetched. This allows
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 * event dispatching in O(1) time.
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 * Each child of the root window is called a client, except windows which have
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 * set the override_redirect flag.  Clients are organized in a global
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 * doubly-linked client list, the focus history is remembered through a global
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 * stack list. Each client contains an array of Bools of the same size as the
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 * global tags array to indicate the tags of a client.  For each client dwm
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 * creates a small title window which is resized whenever the WM_NAME or
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 * _NET_WM_NAME properties are updated or the client is resized.
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 * creates a small title window, which is resized whenever the (_NET_)WM_NAME
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 * properties are updated or the client is moved/resized.
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 * Keys and tagging rules are organized as arrays and defined in the config.h
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 * file. These arrays are kept static in event.o and tag.o respectively,
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 * because no other part of dwm needs access to them.  The current mode is
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 * represented by the arrange function pointer which wether points to dofloat
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 * represented by the arrange function pointer, which wether points to dofloat
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 * or dotile.
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 * To understand everything else, start with reading main.c:main().
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 * To understand everything else, start reading main.c:main().
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#include "config.h"