"Benjamin R. Haskell" <suckl...@benizi.com> wrote: > On Mon, 4 Jul 2011, Josh Rickmar wrote: > > > Um, why is a systray needed for IRC? > > It's not necessary for IRC, per se. I wrote: > > > Without a systray, I don't understand where one gets the spare screen > > real estate to dedicate to IRC. > > I don't understand how to effectively use IRC without doing one of the > following: > > 1. keeping it on-screen (which seems impractical to me, partly because I > still don't quite "get" dwm) > > or > > 2. having some kind of indication that you've been addressed (urgent > hints or whatever). > > In other wm's, #2 is often handled by having a little flashing systray > icon. So, broadening: what (if anything) do dwm users use for > "notifications" or indicating urgency? > > -- > Best, > Ben >
Generally you'll end up using the dwm statusbar for that. I recently switched from an always-open mutt (that used a terminal bell when new mail arrived) to using heirloom's mailx. Now, if there's a new mail message, my dwm statusbar script will append a little "new mail" notification. I haven't yet completed the switch from irssi to something more decent (read: ii) but would probably do the same sort of thing if someone sent me a private message or used my nick in a channel. Josh
