Re: [dwm] still simplicity or featureitis?

I like the new changes, the code is more dynamic yet not really any larger
or complex. If you find it unstable, us an older version until you think it
is stable? Especially if you say it it was already feature complete.

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 5:42 AM, pancake <pancake_AT_youterm.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:26:21 +0100
> Joerg van den Hoff <j.van_den_hoff_AT_fzd.de> wrote:
> > and contrary to the initial post I'd say `monocle' is very
> > useful indeed. but 'vertical tile' does not make sense, at
> > least not on a single monitor, not for me in any case. (by-
> > the-by, if 'vertical' is the 'new' tile and 'horizontal'
> > is the standard tile, I'd say the names are swapped: in the
> > standard tile the windows are vertically tiled one above the
> > other, so why is this the 'horizontal tiling' ...)
>
> why not implement a "master" and "tile" area inside the tiling
> area? I mean...more than two vertical clients in the stack area
> for a single monitor (and most of the dual screen uses) will go.
>
> This is my idea:
>
> +------+---+----+
> | | | |
> | | |----|
> | | | |
> +------+---+----+
>
> Splitting this in two monitors can become into a two nice possibilities:
>
> +----------+ +-----------+
> | | | | |
> | | | |-----------|
> | | | | |
> +----------+ +-----------+
>
> or just a master in the first screen and a 'dwm like tile' in the
> second.
>
> This concept is somewhat a dwm layout inside a dwm layout and don't
> know if this is a good idea, or it needs more flexibility, but it
> fits very well with the ideas in 4.8.
>
> The nmaster for more than two clients in the master area is useless,
> so we can just implement a two-client tile in master area as another
> layout.
>
> What I really miss is the cpt patch :)
>
> Anselm: what do you think about this idea?
>
> --pancake
>
>
Received on Sat Mar 15 2008 - 01:16:12 UTC