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diff dwm.h @ 468:210a99f18657
some simplifications to intro in dwm.h
author | arg@mmvi |
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date | Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:13:44 +0200 |
parents | ab4b08d49d24 |
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1.1 --- a/dwm.h Sat Sep 16 11:21:01 2006 +0200 1.2 +++ b/dwm.h Tue Sep 19 16:13:44 2006 +0200 1.3 @@ -4,32 +4,32 @@ 1.4 * 1.5 * dynamic window manager is designed like any other X client as well. It is 1.6 * driven through handling X events. In contrast to other X clients, a window 1.7 - * manager like dwm selects for SubstructureRedirectMask on the root window, to 1.8 - * receive events about window appearance and disappearance. Only one X 1.9 - * connection at a time is allowed to select for this event mask. 1.10 + * manager selects for SubstructureRedirectMask on the root window, to receive 1.11 + * events about window (dis-)appearance. Only one X connection at a time is 1.12 + * allowed to select for this event mask. 1.13 * 1.14 - * Calls to fetch an X event from the X event queue connection are blocking. 1.15 - * Due reading status text from standard input, a select-driven main loop has 1.16 - * been implemented which selects for reads on the X connection and 1.17 - * STDIN_FILENO to handle all data smoothly and without busy-loop quirks. The 1.18 - * event handlers of dwm are organized in an array which is accessed whenever a 1.19 - * new event has been fetched. This allows event dispatching in O(1) time. 1.20 + * Calls to fetch an X event from the event queue are blocking. Due reading 1.21 + * status text from standard input, a select-driven main loop has been 1.22 + * implemented which selects for reads on the X connection and STDIN_FILENO to 1.23 + * handle all data smoothly. The event handlers of dwm are organized in an 1.24 + * array which is accessed whenever a new event has been fetched. This allows 1.25 + * event dispatching in O(1) time. 1.26 * 1.27 * Each child of the root window is called a client, except windows which have 1.28 * set the override_redirect flag. Clients are organized in a global 1.29 * doubly-linked client list, the focus history is remembered through a global 1.30 * stack list. Each client contains an array of Bools of the same size as the 1.31 * global tags array to indicate the tags of a client. For each client dwm 1.32 - * creates a small title window which is resized whenever the WM_NAME or 1.33 - * _NET_WM_NAME properties are updated or the client is resized. 1.34 + * creates a small title window, which is resized whenever the (_NET_)WM_NAME 1.35 + * properties are updated or the client is moved/resized. 1.36 * 1.37 * Keys and tagging rules are organized as arrays and defined in the config.h 1.38 * file. These arrays are kept static in event.o and tag.o respectively, 1.39 * because no other part of dwm needs access to them. The current mode is 1.40 - * represented by the arrange function pointer which wether points to dofloat 1.41 + * represented by the arrange function pointer, which wether points to dofloat 1.42 * or dotile. 1.43 * 1.44 - * To understand everything else, start with reading main.c:main(). 1.45 + * To understand everything else, start reading main.c:main(). 1.46 */ 1.47 1.48 #include "config.h"