Re: [dwm] maximization handling

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 08:04:26AM -0400, Ross Mohn wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 13:40 +0200, Jukka Salmi wrote:
> > Ross Mohn wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 11:31 +0200, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > after using dwm for a while, I agree that Mod1-m is somewhat
> > > > disappointing and often results in ugly side-effects (e.g.
> > > > running firefox maximized, downloading a file and the download
> > > > window appears - or in general if a popup occures on a maximized
> > > > window).
> > >
> > > At the risk of sounding like a broken record, The Wide Layout mode
> > > eliminates this problem for me and, I think, others. :-)
> >
> > Huh? I see these problems also when using your wide patch. And I don't
> > see why it should fix them...
>
> Let me clarify -- I used to switch firefox to maximized so that I
> wouldn't have to scroll left/right to see everything. Now I just switch
> to wide layout and let the "pop-up" clients do their stuff down below
> while I view firefox in the master window. And combined with the new
> MODKEY-g/s functionality, I hardly ever have to use maximize. Does that
> make more sense?

Beside what I mentioned in my last mail, the
maximization/zooming is only a behavioral question for floating
clients, that's what I wanted to point out, a different layout
approach hasn't any influence on such clients.

Regards,

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