Re: [dev] [wmii] rumai - "previous" tag

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a property that refers to the tag that
> was previously viewed?  For example, if I'm on Tag 1,
> and jump to Tag 4, is there some way to access Tag 1?

One way is to monkey patch it like this:

script:
  before: |
    # ugh.. it's a global variable, I know :-(
    $last_view = nil

    class Rumai::View
      alias old_focus focus

      def focus
        $last_view = View.curr unless $last_view == self
        old_focus
      end
    end

And then add a keybinding which focuses $last_view:

  ${mod}-o: | # focus most recently focused view
    $last_view.focus if $last_view

Ideally, this would be a feature of Rumai itself. I'll put it on my
todo list, but patches are welcome. :-)

> I'd like to create an Alt-Tab shortcut that jumps back
> to the previously viewed Tag.

Back in the ruby-wmii days, mfp implemented a sophisticated history
system that adapted to your individual usage pattern:

http://eigenclass.org/hiki.rb?cmd=view&p=ruby-wmii+0.2.1&key=wmii

It might be fun to revive his code.

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