Re: [wmii] "Rows" of columns? (feature/behaviour suggestion)

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:23:19 +0100
Kai Grossjohann <kai.grossjohann_AT_de.verizonbusiness.com> wrote:

> Chris Foster <foster_AT_physics.uq.edu.au> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:15:47PM +0000, Mark Gibbens wrote:
> >> >(1) I *really* like the way wmii has come to revolve around one
> >> >principal window management model. The column model is as close
> >> >to perfect as I can currently imagine. I think adding different
> >> >management models again would be a step backwards. There is an
> >> >inspiring purity of concept with wmii and I like the idea that
> >> >you can move closer to perfection by a process of constant
> >> >simplification.
> >>
> >> Another aspect of the model is that there are exactly two levels:
> >> the columns and the windows within the columns. Your suggestion
> >> is to add another level whereas my suggestion is to keep the
> >> number of levels the same.
> >
> > I think a row-based analogue of the column layout is so conceptually
> > similar that it wins over the idea of creating yet another layer.
>
> But Mark has a point with his suggestion to just support showing
> multiple views at the same time.

This is impossible. You can't show a window two times on the same
screen. I don't even know how that would work semantically, since the
sizes of the two instances of the window could differ.

Greetings,
Denis
Received on Wed Feb 14 2007 - 17:57:21 UTC