limpid berry
I downloaded DWM and compiled it. It launches fine, but I can't get it to spawn any programs.
I barely touched the config. I changed my terminal to st, and trimmed all the arguments off of dmenu_run. And I changed modkey to Mod4Mask.
I've confirmed both programs are successfully installed.
I peaked into what spawn() is actually doing and I cant figure out what's wrong.
stark lichen
I downloaded DWM and compiled it. It launches fine, but I can't get it to spawn ...
what have u set up so far
limpid berry
The things I listed above, changed dmenu, changes terminal, set mod key
The rest of the config hasn't been touched
stark lichen
did u verify that ur keybinds arent in conflict
limpid berry
Yeah, I never use the super key for non window manager purposes
The other keybinds work as far as I can tell
stark lichen
ok so by spawning programs are u referring to like dmenu, st, or stuff like firefox or discord
limpid berry
So far dmenu and st, I may want to spawn other programs in the future
stark lichen
of course
alright you need to make sure that those two programs are properly configured to be able to be launched off of the keybinds you’ve chosen
im pretty sure it has to do with ur keybindings
maybe the path
but probably the keybindings
if u revert it back to the old keybindings, does it work?
limpid berry
I could try
No luck
Actually wait
Huh it's not applying my changes
Its compiling to the right place
stark lichen
u do run make and restart right?
limpid berry
Yeah
stark lichen
what the frick
limpid berry
I do sudo make clean install
The output of make says its installing to the right place
Wait
stark lichen
did u set ur terminal properly on config.h?
limpid berry
Waitwaitwait
I was sudoing clean in the same command
But I need to clean normally so that config.h gets recompiled
All the #defines got backed into the executable
Baked*
Okay one momeny
stark lichen
lol alright hopefully that was the problem
limpid berry
Shit
Okay I'm gonna try manually deleting config.h
So it redefines from config.def.h
Shit
So
Config.h is being changed
But it's still not working
Let me try just displaying dmenu with some text or something
Make sure spawn is working
stark lichen
can you make it so that spawn is showing u the output
if imma be honest
this might be chatgpt moment lol
i have only looked at one video of dwm and never actually used it
if u cant figure it out and u wanna try something try chatgpt
and if ur skeptical of an answer it gave u, fact check it but it should be pretty accurate
limpid berry
Pff
I've made it this far without touching ai I'm not gonna break my streak over this
stark lichen
it really should be something simple LOL
like this isnt system breaking or anything, just some debugging
it’d be nice if spawn was helping u figure out what to look at
what made u choose dwm btw?
i feel like with bspwm you would not have to be dealing with this. its a lot simpler to configure in my opinion
limpid berry
I'll be honest dwm looked simpler than bspwm
Also I'm super familiar with c and the idea of just adding the functionality I want was appealing to me
And I think the way bspwm is configured is odd
I'd rather configure something using a programming language
stark lichen
mm that makes sense
in theory it should be simpler since its more minimalist iirc
but with bspwm, which is probably the second, if not, most popular twm
itll have way more support from the community
and its great for scripting
u could make a really cool setup
anyways let me know how urs ends up
im sure youll fix it come morning
limpid berry
Maybe, I'll give it a whirl if I truly cant get this to work
stark lichen
yes, theres plenty of nice scripts thatll make ur pc look nice
and then u can tweak those files to ur liking
limpid berry
Welp, I tried adding my own function that interacts with the shell directly and that didnt work eithet
So maybe I'll try bspwm
