2009/9/14 Carlos R. Mafra <[email protected]> > Iain Patterson wrote: > > Quoth Carlos R. Mafra, > > > >> This patch introduces the "tiled maximization" feature, a.k.a. Maximus. > > > > If this is the feature borrowed from Compiz - and if it matters - I > > believe the original name was Maximumize. Maximus is a daemon (mainly > > for netbooks) which ensures that all windows are always maximised. > > when the feature request was posted in this mailing list the person > said it was called maximus, iirc. So now at least in wmaker it > will be known as Maximus :-) > > I was under the impression we were following Compiz. Is it a key feature of Compviz, or just a small plugin that someone wrote that a few people use?
Can we please take this early opportunity to rename it to align with Compiz, especially if it clashes with a name of another existing program that does something different. Otherwise we may get into the situation where people think that WMaker has a built-in Maximus feature, as in all-windows-are-always-maximised. > As a side note, I wanted to code this myself because I liked the > concept, so I would be a user of it. Furthermore, my wife > and I agreed last year that our son will be called Maximus, so I > liked the name of the feature as it was proposed and I would like > that to remain as it is, and capitalized :-) > > Cute, I can understand the emotional basis, but I imagine other window managers may also get a Maximumize feature, and they would call it Maximumize, not Maximus. Maybe a future feature could be a built-in Maximus feature, that does the job of the Maximus daemon? I tried to find the website home for the program, but was not successful. > > In any case it compiles and appears to work, though I'm not sure what > > SHOULD happen when the window to be maximu(miz|s)ed overlaps another. > > Indeed, I did not have a decision for that. But I didn't want it to > be minimized to fit in the space, because the feature was about > maximization. So right now if it is initially overlapping another > window, it will ignore that poor window behind it. But if someone > has a strong feeling and want it to be minimized instead, I will gladly > accept patches. > I thought I'd look it up... No audio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_CJhdynfTE It seems to indicate that Maximumize will only work if the window is not overlapping any other window OR screen edge. i dunno exactly what is going on in these videos (no audio), but the Minimumize feature seems to work nicely in tandem with Maximumize... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLkTJFc70NI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlRpGSwuWBk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35M2sVYRVuY
