dwm-meillo
changeset 460:ab4b08d49d24
some more simplifications of intro comment in dwm.h, this should suffice for comments in dwm
author | Anselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org> |
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date | Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:50:06 +0200 |
parents | 3c3f429dca99 |
children | 9d23330a5268 |
files | dwm.h |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) [+] |
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1.1 --- a/dwm.h Tue Sep 12 09:46:19 2006 +0200 1.2 +++ b/dwm.h Tue Sep 12 09:50:06 2006 +0200 1.3 @@ -5,30 +5,24 @@ 1.4 * dynamic window manager is designed like any other X client as well. It is 1.5 * driven through handling X events. In contrast to other X clients, a window 1.6 * manager like dwm selects for SubstructureRedirectMask on the root window, to 1.7 - * receive events about child window appearance and disappearance. Only one X 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 * 1.11 - * Calls to fetch an X event from the event queue of the X connection are 1.12 - * blocking. Due the fact, that dwm reads status text from standard input, a 1.13 - * select-driven main loop has been implemented which selects for reads on the 1.14 - * X connection and STDIN_FILENO to handle all data smoothly and without 1.15 - * busy-loop quirks. The event handlers of dwm are organized in an array which 1.16 - * is accessed whenever a new event has been fetched. This allows event 1.17 - * dispatching in O(1) time. 1.18 + * Calls to fetch an X event from the X event queue connection are blocking. 1.19 + * Due reading status text from standard input, a select-driven main loop has 1.20 + * been implemented which selects for reads on the X connection and 1.21 + * STDIN_FILENO to handle all data smoothly and without busy-loop quirks. The 1.22 + * event handlers of dwm are organized in an array which is accessed whenever a 1.23 + * new event has been fetched. This allows event dispatching in O(1) time. 1.24 * 1.25 - * Each child window of the root window is called a client in window manager 1.26 - * terminology, except windows which have set the override_redirect flag. 1.27 - * Clients are organized in a global doubly-linked client list, the focus 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. All clients which have at least one tag enabled of the current 1.32 - * tags viewed, will be visible on the screen, all other clients are banned to 1.33 - * the x-location x + 2 * screen width. This avoids having additional layers 1.34 - * of workspace handling. 1.35 + * Each child of the root window is called a client, except windows which have 1.36 + * set the override_redirect flag. Clients are organized in a global 1.37 + * doubly-linked client list, the focus history is remembered through a global 1.38 + * stack list. Each client contains an array of Bools of the same size as the 1.39 + * global tags array to indicate the tags of a client. For each client dwm 1.40 + * creates a small title window which is resized whenever the WM_NAME or 1.41 + * _NET_WM_NAME properties are updated or the client is resized. 1.42 * 1.43 - * For each client dwm creates a small title window which is resized whenever 1.44 - * the WM_NAME or _NET_WM_NAME properties are updated or the client is resized. 1.45 * Keys and tagging rules are organized as arrays and defined in the config.h 1.46 * file. These arrays are kept static in event.o and tag.o respectively, 1.47 * because no other part of dwm needs access to them. The current mode is