Re: [wmii] Automatic destruction of views

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 04:47:55PM +0200, Sander van Dijk wrote:
> On 4/21/06, Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam_AT_wmii.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 03:52:47PM +0200, Sander van Dijk wrote:
> > > Being able to 'stay' on an empty view, but not being able to select a
> > > random empty view, is inconsistent. I'm firmly against removing the
> > > autodestroying of views, but if it was ever to happen, doing
> > > xwrite /ctl view some_nonexisting_tag
> > > should put you in the same situation as removing the last client of a
> > > tag, for consistency's sake.
> >
> > Yes, and that might be a side-effect which could be advantageous
> > as well. I heared many users asking for a way to run specific
> > rule-less clients in a specific view. Selecting an non-existent
> > view and then running a bunch of clients would be a simple
> > solution. Though, I'll need to think about it further.
>
> Well, if one can both stay on and select empty views, but they are
> destroyed when they are left, then we would still have a consistent
> way of dealing with empty views (they can be selected, but vaporize
> into thin air when they aren't). It might be worth considering, but
> we'll have to look out for cornercases:
> - When clients are started in xinitrc, they initially get the fallback
> 'nil' tag.
> - then, when the wmiirc rules kick in, they are retagged to '1'.
> - because this makes the 'nil' view empty, it is destroyed, and view
> '1' is selected.
> However, if empty views are allowed to keep focus, then what should
> happen here? Should the empty 'nil' view keep focus, or should it be
> treated specially and be the single one view the _is_ destroyed when
> it's empty but still focussed? Should it also be destroyed when it's
> empty and focussed, but there are no other views?
>
> I'm not sure if it's a good idea to go and change the autodest.
> behavior so shortly before release...

We have the same thoughts. I took a walk through the park and
also considered the startup behavior. Thus I think we keep the
auto-destroy stuff for the moment. We will see if people
complain later again ;)

Regards,

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