--- a/aewl.c	Fri Dec 05 19:43:56 2008 +0100
+++ b/aewl.c	Fri Dec 05 20:50:31 2008 +0100
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <locale.h>
-#include <regex.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -103,15 +102,13 @@
 };
 
 typedef struct {
-	const char *clpattern;
+	const char* class;
+	const char* instance;
+	const char* title;
 	int tag;
 	Bool isfloat;
 } Rule;
 
-typedef struct {
-	regex_t *clregex;
-} RReg;
-
 
 typedef struct {
 	unsigned long mod;
@@ -151,7 +148,6 @@
 
 static int (*xerrorxlib)(Display *, XErrorEvent *);
 static Bool otherwm, readin;
-static RReg *rreg = NULL;
 static unsigned int len = 0;
 
 
@@ -184,7 +180,6 @@
 int xerror(Display *dsply, XErrorEvent *ee);	/* dwm's X error handler */
 
 /* tag.c */
-void initrregs(void);			/* initialize regexps of rules defined in config.h */
 Client *getnext(Client *c);		/* returns next visible client */
 void settag(Client *c, Client *trans);	/* sets tag of c */
 
@@ -567,60 +562,36 @@
 }
 
 void
-initrregs(void) {
+settag(Client *c, Client *trans) {
 	unsigned int i;
-	regex_t *reg;
-
-	if(rreg)
-		return;
-	len = sizeof rule / sizeof rule[0];
-	rreg = emallocz(len * sizeof(RReg));
-	for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-		if(rule[i].clpattern) {
-			reg = emallocz(sizeof(regex_t));
-			if(regcomp(reg, rule[i].clpattern, REG_EXTENDED))
-				free(reg);
-			else
-				rreg[i].clregex = reg;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-void
-settag(Client *c, Client *trans) {
-	char prop[512];
-	unsigned int i;
-	regmatch_t tmp;
-	Bool matched = (trans != NULL);
 	XClassHint ch = { 0 };
 
-	if(matched) {
+	if(trans) {
 		c->tag = trans->tag;
-	} else {
-		XGetClassHint(dpy, c->win, &ch);
-		snprintf(prop, sizeof prop, "%s:%s:%s",
-				ch.res_class ? ch.res_class : "",
-				ch.res_name ? ch.res_name : "", c->name);
-		for(i = 0; i < len && !matched; i++)
-			if(rreg[i].clregex && !regexec(rreg[i].clregex, prop, 1, &tmp, 0)) {
-				c->isfloat = rule[i].isfloat;
-				if (rule[i].tag < 0) {
-					c->tag = seltag;
-				} else if (rule[i].tag) {
-					c->tag = True;
-				} else {
-					c->tag = False;
-				}
-				matched = True;
+		return;
+	}
+	c->tag = seltag;  /* default */
+	XGetClassHint(dpy, c->win, &ch);
+	len = sizeof rule / sizeof rule[0];
+	for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		if((rule[i].title && strstr(c->name, rule[i].title))
+		   || (ch.res_class && rule[i].class && strstr(ch.res_class, rule[i].class))
+		   || (ch.res_name && rule[i].instance && strstr(ch.res_name, rule[i].instance))) {
+			c->isfloat = rule[i].isfloat;
+			if (rule[i].tag < 0) {
+				c->tag = seltag;
+			} else if (rule[i].tag) {
+				c->tag = True;
+			} else {
+				c->tag = False;
 			}
-		if(ch.res_class)
-			XFree(ch.res_class);
-		if(ch.res_name)
-			XFree(ch.res_name);
+			break;
+		}
 	}
-	if(!matched) {
-		c->tag = seltag;
-	}
+	if(ch.res_class)
+		XFree(ch.res_class);
+	if(ch.res_name)
+		XFree(ch.res_name);
 }
 
 void
@@ -1592,7 +1563,6 @@
 	wa.cursor = cursor[CurNormal];
 	XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, root, CWEventMask | CWCursor, &wa);
 	grabkeys();
-	initrregs();
 	seltag = True;
 	/* style */
 	dc.norm[ColBG] = getcolor(NORMBGCOLOR);

--- a/config.h	Fri Dec 05 19:43:56 2008 +0100
+++ b/config.h	Fri Dec 05 20:50:31 2008 +0100
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@
  * xprop | awk -F '"' '/^WM_CLASS/ { printf("%s:%s:",$4,$2) }; /^WM_NAME/ { printf("%s\n",$2) }' */
 #define RULES \
 static Rule rule[] = { \
-	/* class:instance:title regex, tag (1=tag/0=untag/-1=curr), isfloat */ \
-	{ "URxvt.*",	  	  	0,	    	False }, \
-	{ "MPlayer.*",		  	-1,	    	True }, \
-	{ "qiv.*",		  	    -1,	    	False }, \
-	{ "Gimp.*",	      		1,		True }, \
-	{ ".*",		          	1,	    	False }, \
+	/* class, instance, title, tag (1=tag/0=untag/-1=curr), isfloat */ \
+	{ "URxvt", NULL, NULL,	  	  	0,	    	False }, \
+	{ "urxvt", NULL, NULL,	  	  	0,	    	False }, \
+	{ "MPlayer", NULL, NULL,	  	-1,	    	True }, \
+	{  NULL, "qiv", NULL,	  	    -1,	    	False }, \
+	{ "Gimp", NULL, NULL,	      		1,		True }, \
+	{ "", "", "",		          	1,	    	False }, \
 };