Re: [dwm] dynamic nmaster proposal

On 10/17/07, pancake <pancake_AT_youterm.com> wrote:
> Thinking about the most useful use-cases for the nmaster tiling I got
> the conclussion that the only usable configurations are:
>
> +----+----+ +----+----+
> | | | |----| |
> +----|----+ 2/2 | |----| 3/2
> | | | |----| |
> +----+----+ +----+----+
>
> +----+----+ +----+----+
> | |____| |____|----|
> +----+ | 2/3 |____|----| 3/4
> | |----| | |----|
> +----+----+ +----+----+
>
> We can get the conclussion that the only sense configuration is to
> keep three (as maximum) clients tiled in the master area.
>
> The most used (for me is the 2/3 and 3/4 configuration). The 2/2 one
> is as useful as the 3/3 one, but no more than 3. So the 22 and 33
> configurations are really close to the grid layout.
>
> It is relatively easy to modify the nmaster.c patch to make it
> dinamically change the nmaster value depending on these preferences.
>
> Now I'm at work and can't test anything until the night.
>
> But I think that in this way we can reduce the user interaction
> when using the nmaster layout.
>
> Let me know about your ideas and the way you use this patch.

The only way I need nmaster is this

+---------+
| | terminal
+---------+
| | terminal
+---------+

I set it to 2. that's all.
Received on Thu Oct 18 2007 - 17:50:42 UTC