Thinking about the most useful use-cases for the nmaster tiling I got the conclussion that the only usable configurations are:
+----+----+ +----+----+ | | | |----| | +----|----+ 2/2 | |----| 3/2 | | | |----| | +----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+ | |____| |____|----| +----+ | 2/3 |____|----| 3/4 | |----| | |----| +----+----+ +----+----+ We can get the conclussion that the only sense configuration is to keep three (as maximum) clients tiled in the master area. The most used (for me is the 2/3 and 3/4 configuration). The 2/2 one is as useful as the 3/3 one, but no more than 3. So the 22 and 33 configurations are really close to the grid layout. It is relatively easy to modify the nmaster.c patch to make it dinamically change the nmaster value depending on these preferences. Now I'm at work and can't test anything until the night. But I think that in this way we can reduce the user interaction when using the nmaster layout. Let me know about your ideas and the way you use this patch. --pancake
