more structure notes

src/main.rs

@@ -52,12 +52,48 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     become_wm(&conn, screen)?;
 
     // TODO: setup
+    // Whole bunch to do here
+    //  - setting up application state
+    //      - in dwm, this is done by assigning pointers
+    //      - we'll likely use a top level struct to do the same
+    //      - this includes:
+    //          - the default screen along with its size
+    //          - the root window
+    //          - the drawable context (or our equivalent)
+    //          - fonts
+    //          - bar height and padding derived from fonts
+    //          - Xinerama information
+    //          - atoms? whatever those are?
+    //          - color schemes
+    //          - initial bar rendering
+    //          - fetch bar status
+    //          - creating the dummy window for propriety and specification compliance
+    //              - Have to assign a bunch of special properties here
+    //          - set the full extent of your event_mask
+    //              - We set SUBSTRUCTURE_REDIRECT in become_wm mostly to check for another wm
+    //              - we have a bunch more we want, like pointer movement, button press, etc etc
+    //          - setup key listeners
+    //          - end by focusing the root window
+    //  - basically all of dwm's drw.c needs to be accounted for including:
+    //      - some utf8 management (we get that for free in Rust)
+    //      - an abstraction for drawing over pixel maps
+    //      - graphics context management
+    //      - font loading and rendering
+    //          - we *could* fall back to X core fonts, but I'd prefer not to
+    //
 
     // TODO: pledge if on openBSD
 
     // TODO: dwm scan
+    // Check for X windows to manage and manage them if needed
+
     // TODO: dwm run
+    // event loop moment
+
     // TODO: dwm cleanup
+    // if we structure the program well, this will be done
+    // automatically by the borrow checker, and we don't even
+    // need to think about it
 
     Ok(())
 }