dwm help

[elmer_42]

Alright, I'm trying to use dwm, but I've run into a hitch: I can't resize windows and keep them tiled. If I resize with Alt+Mouse2, it toggles it over to floating. What can I do to prevent this? I know I can use Alt+H and Alt+L, but what can I do for vertical resizing?

[cardinals_fan]

Sorry it took so long - the forum was down and I took a bike ride (on a stationary).

I'm not sure if you can resize vertically in tiling mode - I haven't tried. I'll take a look at it tonight and reply tomorrow :)

EDIT: Might this (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50961) be helpful?

[hessiess]

As far as im awere, It isnt possable to resize individual tiles in the stack.

[elmer_42]

At the end of that thread, cardinals_fan, the original poster says that "no change was made." If I can't resize vertically, I'm going back to wmii.

[cardinals_fan]

Got it! Check out http://www.suckless.org/dwm/patches/bottom_stack.html

[elmer_42]

I'll try it out, but I don't know how to apply the patch. I've never done so before.

e:Just realized a "fundamental truth" of dwm: there is a main window (on the left) that ONLY contains one window. Then, on the right there are windows that share an even amount of space. What I don't get is why new windows open up in the space for the main window, it messes me up. Usually I open up Firefox, then open terminals as I need them. When I try to do this, Firefox gets pushed to the side, annoying me greatly. Is there a way to define which window is the main window?

[cardinals_fan]

I have to go out for 1-2 hours, but I'll edit this post with a reply when I get back. If you don't have anything else to do, it'd be nice to have my PM (assuming it worked) in this thread. Otherwise, I'll copy it over when I get back.

[elmer_42]

I actually did not try it, as I read a little about it and I don't think it is what I want. There may have been some miscommunication between us, sorry about that. However, I will post the code for patching it, just in case anybody would like to try:
wget http://code.suckless.org/dl/dwm/dwm-5.2.tar.gz
tar xvzf dwm-5.2.tar.gz
rm dwm-5.2.tar.gz
cd dwm-5.2
wget http://bsdgroup.org/files/dwm-5.2-bstack.diff
patch < dwm-5.2-bstack.diff
This starts from the beginning, because it may go wrong if the patch has been applied unsuccessfully before.

[cardinals_fan]

e:Just realized a "fundamental truth" of dwm: there is a main window (on the left) that ONLY contains one window. Then, on the right there are windows that share an even amount of space. What I don't get is why new windows open up in the space for the main window, it messes me up. Usually I open up Firefox, then open terminals as I need them. When I try to do this, Firefox gets pushed to the side, annoying me greatly. Is there a way to define which window is the main window?
I don't have time tonight to fiddle much, but there's some interesting doorways opened here: http://lists.suckless.org/dwm/0802/4916.html

[elmer_42]

Well, I just realized that you can hit Alt+Enter to set the focused window as the main window. Now that that is settled, dwm is my new wm. Thanks for all the help!

[cardinals_fan]

Well, I just realized that you can hit Alt+Enter to set the focused window as the main window. Now that that is settled, dwm is my new wm. Thanks for all the help!
Good to hear you've solved everything. I have Alt+Enter set to open a terminal, so I never knew that :)

[chucky chuckaluck]

I have Alt+Enter set to open a terminal

i do too. i switched alt+shift+enter to zoom the selected window.

elmer, do you know about the monicle option? alt+m will maximize the selected window. then, you can use alt+j to go through all the windows you have open in that tag, with each one being maximized.