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1 betterswallow |
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2 ============= |
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4 Description |
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6 This patch adds "window swallowing" to DWM, similar to some existing pat… |
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7 but with a unique take on dynamic swallowing. |
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8 Unlike the existing [dynamicswallow](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/dy… |
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9 `betterswallow` uses PID-based swallowing and a non-standard X11 ClientM… |
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10 for communication. |
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12 As with `dynamicswallow`, an external tool, `betterswallow`, is required |
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13 to use this feature. `betterswallow` is a separate tool that does not re… |
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14 this patch but is enhanced by its presence. Without the patch, `bettersw… |
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15 defaults to the devour mechanism, which unmaps the parent window itself. |
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17 Development of this patch should happen on the [GitHub repository](https… |
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18 of `betterswallow`. If you encounter any bugs, feel free to open an issu… |
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20 Currently, only a version for DWM-6.3 exists. If you wish to update the … |
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21 a newer version of DWM, you can open a pull request on the `betterswallo… |
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23 #### Patching |
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25 The patch requires the `Xres` library. Ensure it's included in your buil… |
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26 Unlike `dynamicswallow`, you don’t need to worry about any IPC patches… |
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27 patch uses a simpler ClientMessage for registering swallowers. |
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28 If you have any patches that store geometry parameters in the `Client` s… |
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29 ensure they are copied in the `copyclientpos` function. |
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31 #### Usage |
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33 To have any graphical program swallowed, run it as `better-swallow <CMD>… |
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34 This will cause any windows spawned by the command to replace the parent… |
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35 Since `better-swallow` is quite long, I recommend creating an alias, suc… |
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36 |
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37 #### Limitations |
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39 - Due to reliance on the `Xres` extension and PIDs, this will fail if th… |
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40 is not running on the same machine as `betterswallow`, and it may add … |
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41 entries to the "swallow queue". |
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42 - If a swallowed process opens a window deeper in the process tree, it w… |
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43 be swallowed. This may be fixed in the future by traversing the entire… |
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44 chain rather than just one step up. Open an issue if you encounter thi… |
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46 Download |
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48 * [dwm-betterswallow-20250116-89eeca1.diff](dwm-betterswallow-20250116-8… |
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50 Author |
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52 * Hubert Głuchowski - <[email protected]> |
