On 2024/09/03 09:17, David Uhden Collado wrote:
> > Please don't. People are using dwm with other terminal emulators. And
> > more important, people use dwm with patched versions of st, which would
> > create a conflict when the ports vanilla st is installed as well.
>
> I understand this reality, but I think people install DWM as a precompiled
> package because they prefer not to customize it. Therefore, a vanilla
> version of the software should be offered in the ports tree; otherwise, a
> different flavor would need to be created for each user. If users want to
> customize the software by modifying the source code (which is the
> particularity of the suckless software), they can compile it themselves. I
> have reattached the diff with the corrections below and am awaiting the
> maintainer's decision.
Surely the maintainer already decided that when setting it up the way
it's done now - and more to the point, that is nowwhat users of the
OpenBSD package expect.
Having to compile according to your preference is just the reality when
dealing with software like this that has intentionally decided that
requiring a recompile to configure it is a good idea.
You can always run dwm with PATH set to include a dir with a symlink
from xterm -> st (or whichever other terminal emulator you prefer)
ahead of /usr/X11R6/bin.
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