On 10/17/07, pancake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
The only way I need nmaster is this +---------+ | | terminal +---------+ | | terminal +---------+ I set it to 2. that's all.
