diff -up dwm-5.7.2.orig/config.def.h dwm-5.7.2/config.def.h
--- dwm-5.7.2.orig/config.def.h	2010-02-12 17:29:34.000000000 +0100
+++ dwm-5.7.2/config.def.h	2010-02-12 18:29:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ static const Bool topbar            = Tr
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
 
+/* initial layouts */ 
+static const int  initlayouts[] = { 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0 };
+
 static const Rule rules[] = {
 	/* class      instance    title       tags mask     isfloating   monitor */
 	{ "Gimp",     NULL,       NULL,       0,            True,        -1 },
Nur in dwm-5.7.2: config.h.
diff -up dwm-5.7.2.orig/dwm.c dwm-5.7.2/dwm.c
--- dwm-5.7.2.orig/dwm.c	2010-02-12 17:29:34.000000000 +0100
+++ dwm-5.7.2/dwm.c	2010-02-12 18:28:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -120,26 +120,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	void (*arrange)(Monitor *);
 } Layout;
 
-struct Monitor {
-	char ltsymbol[16];
-	float mfact;
-	int num;
-	int by;               /* bar geometry */
-	int mx, my, mw, mh;   /* screen size */
-	int wx, wy, ww, wh;   /* window area  */
-	unsigned int seltags;
-	unsigned int sellt;
-	unsigned int tagset[2];
-	Bool showbar;
-	Bool topbar;
-	Client *clients;
-	Client *sel;
-	Client *stack;
-	Monitor *next;
-	Window barwin;
-	const Layout *lt[2];
-};
-
 typedef struct {
 	const char *class;
 	const char *instance;
@@ -273,6 +253,31 @@ static Window root;
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
 
+struct Monitor {
+	char ltsymbol[16];
+	float mfact;
+	int num;
+	int by;               /* bar geometry */
+	int mx, my, mw, mh;   /* screen size */
+	int wx, wy, ww, wh;   /* window area  */
+	unsigned int seltags;
+	unsigned int sellt;
+	unsigned int tagset[2];
+	Bool showbar;
+	Bool topbar;
+	Client *clients;
+	Client *sel;
+	Client *stack;
+	Monitor *next;
+	Window barwin;
+	const Layout *lt[2];
+	int curtag;
+	int prevtag;
+	const Layout *lts[LENGTH(tags) + 1];
+	double mfacts[LENGTH(tags) + 1];
+	Bool showbars[LENGTH(tags) + 1];
+};
+
 /* compile-time check if all tags fit into an unsigned int bit array. */
 struct NumTags { char limitexceeded[LENGTH(tags) > 31 ? -1 : 1]; };
 
@@ -615,7 +620,7 @@ createmon(void) {
 	m->topbar = topbar;
 	m->lt[0] = &layouts[0];
 	m->lt[1] = &layouts[1 % LENGTH(layouts)];
-	strncpy(m->ltsymbol, layouts[0].symbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol);
+	strncpy(m->ltsymbol, initlayouts[1] && initlayouts[1] < LENGTH(layouts) ? layouts[initlayouts[1]].symbol : layouts[0].symbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol);
 	return m;
 }
 
@@ -1450,7 +1455,7 @@ setlayout(const Arg *arg) {
 	if(!arg || !arg->v || arg->v != selmon->lt[selmon->sellt])
 		selmon->sellt ^= 1;
 	if(arg && arg->v)
-		selmon->lt[selmon->sellt] = (Layout *)arg->v;
+		selmon->lt[selmon->sellt] = selmon->lts[selmon->curtag] = (Layout *)arg->v;
 	strncpy(selmon->ltsymbol, selmon->lt[selmon->sellt]->symbol, sizeof selmon->ltsymbol);
 	if(selmon->sel)
 		arrange(selmon);
@@ -1468,13 +1473,15 @@ setmfact(const Arg *arg) {
 	f = arg->f < 1.0 ? arg->f + selmon->mfact : arg->f - 1.0;
 	if(f < 0.1 || f > 0.9)
 		return;
-	selmon->mfact = f;
+	selmon->mfact = selmon->mfacts[selmon->curtag] = f;
 	arrange(selmon);
 }
 
 void
 setup(void) {
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
+	Monitor *m;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	/* clean up any zombies immediately */
 	sigchld(0);
@@ -1509,7 +1516,27 @@ setup(void) {
 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, dc.gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
 	if(!dc.font.set)
 		XSetFont(dpy, dc.gc, dc.font.xfont->fid);
+	/* init tags */
+	for(m = mons; m; m = m->next)
+		m->curtag = m->prevtag = 1;
+	/* init mfacts */
+	for(m = mons; m; m = m->next) {
+		for(i=0; i < LENGTH(tags) + 1 ; i++) {
+			m->mfacts[i] = m->mfact;
+		}
+	}
+	/* init layouts */
+	for(m = mons; m; m = m->next) {
+		for(i=0; i < LENGTH(tags) + 1; i++) {
+			m->lts[i] = initlayouts[i] && initlayouts[i] < LENGTH(layouts) ? &layouts[initlayouts[i]] : &layouts[0];
+		}
+	}
 	/* init bars */
+	for(m = mons; m; m = m->next) {
+		for(i=0; i < LENGTH(tags) + 1; i++) {
+			m->showbars[i] = m->showbar;
+		}
+	}
 	updatebars();
 	updatestatus();
 	/* EWMH support per view */
@@ -1620,7 +1647,7 @@ tile(Monitor *m) {
 
 void
 togglebar(const Arg *arg) {
-	selmon->showbar = !selmon->showbar;
+	selmon->showbar = selmon->showbars[selmon->curtag] = !selmon->showbar;
 	updatebarpos(selmon);
 	XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, selmon->barwin, selmon->wx, selmon->by, selmon->ww, bh);
 	arrange(selmon);
@@ -1640,12 +1667,27 @@ togglefloating(const Arg *arg) {
 void
 toggletag(const Arg *arg) {
 	unsigned int newtags;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	if(!selmon->sel)
 		return;
 	newtags = selmon->sel->tags ^ (arg->ui & TAGMASK);
 	if(newtags) {
 		selmon->sel->tags = newtags;
+		if(newtags == ~0) {
+			selmon->prevtag = selmon->curtag;
+			selmon->curtag = 0;
+		}
+		if(!(newtags & 1 << (selmon->curtag - 1))) {
+			selmon->prevtag = selmon->curtag;
+			for (i=0; !(newtags & 1 << i); i++);
+			selmon->curtag = i + 1;
+		}
+		selmon->sel->tags = newtags;
+		selmon->lt[selmon->sellt] = selmon->lts[selmon->curtag];
+		selmon->mfact = selmon->mfacts[selmon->curtag];
+		if (selmon->showbar != selmon->showbars[selmon->curtag])
+			togglebar(NULL);
 		arrange(selmon);
 	}
 }
@@ -1912,11 +1954,29 @@ updatewmhints(Client *c) {
 
 void
 view(const Arg *arg) {
+	unsigned int i;
+
 	if((arg->ui & TAGMASK) == selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags])
 		return;
 	selmon->seltags ^= 1; /* toggle sel tagset */
-	if(arg->ui & TAGMASK)
+	if(arg->ui & TAGMASK) {
 		selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags] = arg->ui & TAGMASK;
+		selmon->prevtag = selmon->curtag;
+		if(arg->ui == ~0)
+			selmon->curtag = 0;
+		else {
+			for (i=0; !(arg->ui & 1 << i); i++);
+			selmon->curtag = i + 1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		selmon->prevtag= selmon->curtag ^ selmon->prevtag;
+		selmon->curtag^= selmon->prevtag;
+		selmon->prevtag= selmon->curtag ^ selmon->prevtag;
+	}
+	selmon->lt[selmon->sellt]= selmon->lts[selmon->curtag];
+	selmon->mfact = selmon->mfacts[selmon->curtag];
+	if(selmon->showbar != selmon->showbars[selmon->curtag])
+		togglebar(NULL);
 	arrange(selmon);
 }