Re: [wmii] Stacks in a column
> When you try to switch to a collapsed client with the mouse, some other > window has to be collapsed for it to open. In most cases, the natural and > expected choice is the currently selected client. The same behavior just > happens to carry over when you're switching from the top of the stack to > the bottom. Thank you very much for the explanation. > The only other option is to search up the stack for a window to > collapse, which might be a good idea, but isn't not the currently > defined behavior. No need for a change on my part, I'll just use the "select up/down stack" commands in this situation in order to leave the proportions of the column unchanged. I only wanted to understand the behavior.
Re: [wmii] Stacks in a column
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:11:34AM +0100, Philipp Hartwig wrote: 1) Open a column in default mode containing three clients I call 1, 2 and 3 from top to bottom. 2) If you resize 3 upwards until there is no place left for 2, 2 and 3 will form a stack occupying two-thirds of the column which is great. 3) Now switch focus upwards 3->2->1->3. Now 1 and 2 form a stack occupying two-thirds of the column and 3 is alone at the bottom. 4) Going upwards 3->2->1->3 again, we get back our stack of 2 and 3 but now occupying one-third of the column. It's only after two more cycles 3->2->1->3 that we get back our original setup. Why are the stacks changed when switching focus upwards 1->3? Is this a technical necessity, a feature or an unintended behavior? To me it would seem more logical to just leave them in place. When you try to switch to a collapsed client with the mouse, some other window has to be collapsed for it to open. In most cases, the natural and expected choice is the currently selected client. The same behavior just happens to carry over when you're switching from the top of the stack to the bottom. The only other option is to search up the stack for a window to collapse, which might be a good idea, but isn't not the currently defined behavior. -- Kris Maglione It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to Basic; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. --Edsger W. Dijkstra
[wmii] Stacks in a column
Hi, I noticed a behavior which seems strange to me and I wonder whether it is intended. Open a column in default mode containing three clients I call 1, 2 and 3 from top to bottom. If you resize 3 upwards until there is no place left for 2, 2 and 3 will form a stack occupying two-thirds of the column which is great. Now switch focus upwards 3->2->1->3. Now 1 and 2 form a stack occupying two-thirds of the column and 3 is alone at the bottom. Going upwards 3->2->1->3 again, we get back our stack of 2 and 3 but now occupying one-third of the column. It's only after two more cycles 3->2->1->3 that we get back our original setup. Why are the stacks changed when switching focus upwards 1->3? Is this a technical necessity, a feature or an unintended behavior? To me it would seem more logical to just leave them in place. wmii -v gives wmii-hg2435 Thank you.
