respectsizehintsrule patch

[apprehensions]

SIZEHINTS_RULED_PATCH doesn't seem to work for me, i want to obey all sizehints for all windows EXCEPT st, so i don't have to use anysize patch for st.

[bakkeby]

I don't think that you can get around using the anysize patch for st. Any particular reason why you don't want that?

[apprehensions]

so i can have pixel accurate resizing in floating mode

[bakkeby]

The only thing you need from the anysize patch is:

-	sizeh->height_inc = win.ch;
-	sizeh->width_inc = win.cw;
+	sizeh->height_inc = 1;
+	sizeh->width_inc = 1;

The rest is all about centering the content of the window depending on the remaining space, which can make it look like it is swimming inside the window when you resize it.

[apprehensions]

so is the patch gonna be implemented or not though, if not you can gracefully just close this issue.

[bakkeby]

Oh, so this issue is asking if the respectsizehintsrule patch can be integrated into dwm-flexipatch? You could have made that more clear.

If you had tried that patch out before asking then you would have found that this also does not solve your problem.

[apprehensions]

also does not solve your problem.

i respect all sizehints except st's sizehints via rules.

[bakkeby]

In dwm you have that windows are generally in one of two states; they are either tiled, or they are floating.

A stock dwm has the following config.

static const int resizehints = 1;    /* 1 means respect size hints in tiled resizals */

This being set to 1 means that dwm will respect a window's size hints also when tiled. Setting this value to 0 means that size hints for windows are ignored when the window is tiled. What this means is that size hints are always respected for floating windows.

When it comes to respectsizehintsrule it was just an example patch showing how control that same setting on a per client basis using client rules. As in, it only affects whether size hints are respected for tiled windows - size hints for floating windows are always respected.

What you are trying to do here is to explicitly disrespect size hints for a particular window when floating.