Kim Woelders wrote: > Dennis Nezic wrote: >>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:19:28 +0100, >>> Kim Woelders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Dennis Nezic wrote: >>>> Maybe I'm not understanding how the NeverUseArea window toggle flag >>>> works, but shouldn't it force e16 to /never/ place windows in the >>>> specified area? If so, it doesn't seem to be working at the moment >>>> (v0.16.8.11). >>>> >>> "never" is a bit strong. It's more like "normally". Windows may get >>> placed over NeverUseArea windows e.g. if you place manually, if a new >>> window cannot be placed at all otherwise, or if you do an >>> absolute/xinerama window maximization. >>> It looks to me like things work properly in 0.16.8.11. >> Just playing with a bunch of xterms, in an otherwise empty virtual >> desktop -- if I set the first one to NeverUseArea, then subsequently >> open a bunch of normal others, although I do see an avoidance of the >> area in the beginning, it covers the NeverUseArea sooner (even sooner >> if it's placed along the right edge of the screen) than I think it >> should -- in fact, it should never use that xterm's area :) (There is >> plenty of room for adjacent windows, and they can be overlapped. >> >> There is very little difference between the behaviour with and without >> the flag set. I think it should be strongly enforced :). >> >> > Ok, I forgot that if there is no free area (as in root window visible) > large enough to hold the new window, the placement algorithm does a > "less than perfect" job :) I don't think this has been changed for a > long time, but I agree that some fixing would be appropriate :) > I have changed the window placement code in an attempt to improve placement on crowded desktops and when there are windows with NeverUseArea attributes.
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