Re: [dwm] visibility of focused windows

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 04:37:23PM +0100, Joerg van den Hoff wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 02:18:25PM +0100, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 01:47:16PM +0100, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> > > On 3/5/08, Joerg van den Hoff <j.van_den_hoff_AT_fzd.de> wrote:
> > > > but that was not my point. sorry, if I have not been clear
> > > > enough: I really mean the old 'mod1-m' functionality in the
> > > > tiled layout: toggle maximization status of the focused
> > > > window. this is still desirable, despite availability of
> > > > "monocle", I'd say: maximize a _single_ window, do something
> > > > and shrink it back to its position in the tiling. it depends
> > > > on circumstances whether this is more (or less) suitable
> > > > than "monocle". I personally think a "maximize window"
> > > > option should always be available in addition to "maximize
> > > > all" (a.k.a. monocle).
> > >
> > > can you please describe a common scenario when the two is different?
> > >
> > > (eg if you only want a quick maximize+revert then it can be achieved
> > > by toggling layout between monocle and tile)
> >
> > Another possibility is, use some tag as max tag, e.g. 5, then
> > toggletag(tags[4]) and do view(tags[4]) for a temporarily
> > maximised window, viewprev() can be used now as
> > togglemax()-replacement.
> >
> > The decision to remove togglemax is related to the fact, that
> > there should only be one way to achieve a certain functionality.
> > And togglemax is a special case of using tagging in a powerful
> > way.
> >
> > I see your point that monocle does not solve the issue at all.
> >
> > Btw. I plan to introduce 3 additional key bindings:
> >
> > Mod1-f (Apply floating layout)
> > Mod1-m (Apply monocle layout)
> > Mod1-t (Apply tiled layout)
> >
>
> on second thought: could'nt `mod1-m' be made to toggle
> between monocle and tiling, instead (omitting `mod1-t'
> completly, maybe)? this would more or less emulate the old
> `mod1-m'. such rapid switching back and forth with one key
> would seem useful.

Well, I'd like to get rid of the toggling at all, just directly
applying a certain layout.

Kind regards,

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