Re: [dev] [dwm] ncol layout

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:01:34 +0100

On 31 October 2011 09:50, Thomas Dahms <thmsdhms_AT_googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2011/10/31 Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>:
>> Ok, if the majority rarly increases nmaster to 3, I would suggest the
>> approach to have setnmaster() rather than incnmaster(). Then one could
>> define:
>>
>> Mod1-t: setnmaster(1); setlayout(tile);
>> Mod1-Shift-t: setnmaster(2); setlayout(tile);
>
> What about some people using ntile (rows in master area) and some
> using ncol (columns in master area)? Half of the users would have to
> patch, I guess.

That's why I asked what the usual non-default ncol settings are, I
guess nearly no one exceeds 3 colums.

So in other words, if we can say tha majority use cases are:

nmaster: 1-2
ncol (slave cols): 1-2

Then we could probably come up with a good compromise in mainline.

Cheers,
Anselm
Received on Mon Oct 31 2011 - 10:01:34 CET