FS#19543 - [rxvt-unicode] with hints patch
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Opened by Lukas Grässlin (lukasg) - Thursday, 20 May 2010, 13:08 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Friday, 04 March 2011, 09:46 GMT
Opened by Lukas Grässlin (lukasg) - Thursday, 20 May 2010, 13:08 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Friday, 04 March 2011, 09:46 GMT
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It would be nice if the rxvt-unicode package is build with
this hints patch:
http://lg.ath.cx/downloads/misc/hints.diff
(http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Hints) It avoids display problems in correspondence with some tiling window managers. (See link) |
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Closed by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Friday, 04 March 2011, 09:46 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: Upstream doesn't apply the patch, we neither.
Friday, 04 March 2011, 09:46 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: Upstream doesn't apply the patch, we neither.
The only problem I can see with this proposal is that I did contact upstream a long time ago, and some of the developers said that the "main" developer (forgot his name) wasn't planning on applying this patch. So I think someone should check if this is still true.
Tiling window managers do not ignore size hints because they don't want to bother implementing them but because some think it provides a cleaner interface in tiling window managers. In fact, it's usually an option whether or not to follow size hints.
This seems like a simple way to increase functionality of urxvt by allowing it to respond well to a situation that some users want, even though the protocols don't require a good response. If upstream doesn't accept this, I still think Arch should, as it has a higher than typical concentration of users who use tiling window managers.