On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:06:36PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
> 2009/7/7 Jason Weber <[email protected]>:
> > Is XMonad tiling only, I mean like tiling required? ?Wasn't there
> > something a while
> 
> It has a "floating" layout which respects geometries, but other than that...

XMonad is better than ion in that respect, since it has a floating layer
above the tiled layer, and windows can be toggled to be floating or
tiled.
 
> > Anyhow, FvwmProxy won't create your layout, but if you stick them together,
> > it will keep them stuck. ?If you have an idea on how proxy windows could
> > be extended to better fit an efficient workflow, I'm ready to listen.
Thanks.
 
> Alas, FvwmProxy won't help here, since the assumption that (rightly)
> makes is that the window is at its current size due to:
> 
> * Wanting to be (PPosition)
> * Because the user said so (--geometry)
> * Because the user meant it, really (PositionPlacement)
> * The user knew best, go away, application (NoPPosition)
> 
> In either case, this seems to fall outside of FvwmProxy's remit -- in
> that it rightly doesn't make the above assumptions and just works with
> what its been told.

Agreed, it doesn't look as if FvwmProxy would help in this instance.
But I will keep it in mind if/when I want to do something fancy with
Gimp's windows.
 
> (BTW --- an updated "examples" section in its manpage wouldn't go
> amiss -- as per the recent Debian bug, it seems people are eager to
> try this module, but misunderstand what it can do.  Jason, you wrote
> it, how about an explanation as to how *you* use it?  :))

Yes, I was rather puzzled as to what FvwmProxy was useful for when I saw
it mentioned in an earlier thread, and after reading the man page, I was
none the wiser.

Kathryn Andersen
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