On Sun 18-05-2008 12:42 +0200, Anselm R. Garbe wrote: > On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 12:07:37PM +0200, Jan Christoph Ebersbach > wrote: > > > I'm really wondering about the roadmap of dwm. - Since version 2.8 > > the development is officially finished, isn't it? From my point of > > view most of the changes are related to moving locs. > > If you compare hg tip to 2.8 you won't notice drastic differences > from a user POV, however the code has evolved a lot since that time > (included bug fixes).
Jep, that's for sure - sorry for the harsh words. > > The description of dwm says: It manages windows in tiled and > > floating layouts. > > > > So why don't we concentrate on these things? Main dwm comes with > > just two/one tiled modes although the current way to include patches > > would allow us add all the bstack, fibonacci ... modes in separate > > files and let the user decide which one he actually needs. > > Exactly, that's what we doing. But why are these layouts not part of the main distribution? As we've seen there are not always people maintaining these patches and it's also a risky thing to apply patches as they are not always working with the current release. I vote for adding all available layout patches to the main distribution. > > The floating layout is totally useless when it comes to mouseless > > usage and even with the mouse there is no window manager that > > provides such weak functionality to manage floating windows. > > I disagree. I think the floating mode is as usable as in traditional > WMs -- which functionality are you missing? Pancake guessed right, I was talking about maximizing, moving and resizing windows. It would also be nice to have an arrange and/or an overview like the one MacOS provides. Cheers. -- Jan Christoph Ebersbach But by the grace of God I am what I am. 1. Cor 15,10
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