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changeset 459:3c3f429dca99

made introduction comment in dwm.h shorter
author Anselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org>
date Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:46:19 +0200
parents 81fcd7ddafee
children ab4b08d49d24
files dwm.h
diffstat 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) [+]
line diff
     1.1 --- a/dwm.h	Tue Sep 12 08:27:11 2006 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/dwm.h	Tue Sep 12 09:46:19 2006 +0200
     1.3 @@ -6,19 +6,14 @@
     1.4   * driven through handling X events. In contrast to other X clients, a window
     1.5   * manager like dwm selects for SubstructureRedirectMask on the root window, to
     1.6   * receive events about child window appearance and disappearance.  Only one X
     1.7 - * connection at a time is allowed to select for this event mask by any X
     1.8 - * server, thus only one window manager instance can be executed at a time.
     1.9 - * Any attempt to select for SubstructureRedirectMask by any connection after
    1.10 - * another connection already selected for those events, will result in an
    1.11 - * error generated by the server. Such errors are reported through calling the
    1.12 - * current X error handler.
    1.13 + * connection at a time is allowed to select for this event mask.
    1.14   *
    1.15 - * Calls to pop an X event from the event queue of the X connection are
    1.16 + * Calls to fetch an X event from the event queue of the X connection are
    1.17   * blocking.  Due the fact, that dwm reads status text from standard input, a
    1.18   * select-driven main loop has been implemented which selects for reads on the
    1.19   * X connection and STDIN_FILENO to handle all data smoothly and without
    1.20 - * busy-loop quirks..  The event handlers of dwm are organized in an array
    1.21 - * which is accessed whenever a new event has been popped. This allows event
    1.22 + * busy-loop quirks. The event handlers of dwm are organized in an array which
    1.23 + * is accessed whenever a new event has been fetched. This allows event
    1.24   * dispatching in O(1) time.
    1.25   *
    1.26   * Each child window of the root window is called a client in window manager
    1.27 @@ -27,20 +22,20 @@
    1.28   * history is remembered through a global stack list. Each client contains an
    1.29   * array of Bools of the same size as the global tags array to indicate the
    1.30   * tags of a client. There are no other data structures to organize the clients
    1.31 - * in tag lists, because a single global list is most simple. All clients which
    1.32 - * have at least one tag enabled of the current tags viewed, will be visible on
    1.33 - * the screen, all other clients are banned to the x-location 2 * screen width.
    1.34 - * This avoids having additional layers of workspace handling.
    1.35 + * in tag lists. All clients which have at least one tag enabled of the current
    1.36 + * tags viewed, will be visible on the screen, all other clients are banned to
    1.37 + * the x-location x + 2 * screen width.  This avoids having additional layers
    1.38 + * of workspace handling.
    1.39   *
    1.40   * For each client dwm creates a small title window which is resized whenever
    1.41 - * the WM_NAME or _NET_WM_NAME properties are updated.
    1.42 + * the WM_NAME or _NET_WM_NAME properties are updated or the client is resized.
    1.43 + * Keys and tagging rules are organized as arrays and defined in the config.h
    1.44 + * file. These arrays are kept static in event.o and tag.o respectively,
    1.45 + * because no other part of dwm needs access to them.  The current mode is
    1.46 + * represented by the arrange function pointer which wether points to dofloat
    1.47 + * or dotile. 
    1.48   *
    1.49 - * Keys and tagging rules are organized as arrays as well and defined in the
    1.50 - * config.h file. These arrays are kept static in event.o and tag.o
    1.51 - * respectively, because no other part of dwm needs access to them.
    1.52 - *
    1.53 - * The current mode is represented by the arrange function pointer which wether
    1.54 - * points to dofloat or dotile. 
    1.55 + * To understand everything else, start with reading main.c:main().
    1.56   */
    1.57  
    1.58  #include "config.h"