some simplifications to intro in dwm.h

new_dwm
arg@mmvi 18 years ago
parent d504005e91
commit 551d6bb23d

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dwm.h

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*
* dynamic window manager is designed like any other X client as well. It is
* driven through handling X events. In contrast to other X clients, a window
* manager like dwm selects for SubstructureRedirectMask on the root window, to
* receive events about window appearance and disappearance. Only one X
* connection at a time is allowed to select for this event mask.
* manager selects for SubstructureRedirectMask on the root window, to receive
* events about window (dis-)appearance. Only one X connection at a time is
* allowed to select for this event mask.
*
* Calls to fetch an X event from the X event queue connection are blocking.
* Due reading status text from standard input, a select-driven main loop has
* been implemented which selects for reads on the X connection and
* STDIN_FILENO to handle all data smoothly and without busy-loop quirks. The
* event handlers of dwm are organized in an array which is accessed whenever a
* new event has been fetched. This allows event dispatching in O(1) time.
* Calls to fetch an X event from the event queue are blocking. Due reading
* status text from standard input, a select-driven main loop has been
* implemented which selects for reads on the X connection and STDIN_FILENO to
* handle all data smoothly. The event handlers of dwm are organized in an
* array which is accessed whenever a new event has been fetched. This allows
* event dispatching in O(1) time.
*
* Each child of the root window is called a client, except windows which have
* set the override_redirect flag. Clients are organized in a global
* doubly-linked client list, the focus history is remembered through a global
* stack list. Each client contains an array of Bools of the same size as the
* global tags array to indicate the tags of a client. For each client dwm
* creates a small title window which is resized whenever the WM_NAME or
* _NET_WM_NAME properties are updated or the client is resized.
* creates a small title window, which is resized whenever the (_NET_)WM_NAME
* properties are updated or the client is moved/resized.
*
* Keys and tagging rules are organized as arrays and defined in the config.h
* file. These arrays are kept static in event.o and tag.o respectively,
* because no other part of dwm needs access to them. The current mode is
* represented by the arrange function pointer which wether points to dofloat
* represented by the arrange function pointer, which wether points to dofloat
* or dotile.
*
* To understand everything else, start with reading main.c:main().
* To understand everything else, start reading main.c:main().
*/
#include "config.h"

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