On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 04:45:23PM -0500, Will wrote: > i think wmii-2 is old news, but still i'd like to suggest shading for > windows in floating mode in wmii -- as its probably still not considered > for wmii-3 > > in the case you have been removed from the wimp interfaces for so long, > or i am misusing the term, i refer to shading as a toggle rolling up a > window to the size of its title bar or re-expanding it > > i use shading in xfce to reveal windows partially or completely covering > others. this seems to have a place in floating windows. there may exist > more novel ways of doing this (like auto grouping a covered window in a > tab with the window covering it). something to do this seems important > in a floating window environment. > > i switch between xfce4 and wmi (and now i'm enjoying wmii) > my stays in the world of wimpless windows management are interrupted by > likely the laziness preventing me from fully understanding how to work > within it, and perhaps little things like shading. > > i am nearly confidant adding a shading function (or auto tab grouping in > floating mode) is against the philosophy behind wmii (and the reason i > guessed at the email for the listed main philosopher [..it also concerns > me removing tabs is listed in the TODO]) However, if there is interest > and time i wouldn't mind reading a more explanation or description > detailing the many ways this fails wmii.. again if there is time and > interest. > > wmii belongs to those who program it, and perhaps more so to a > philosophy (necessitated by efficient hacking) -- neither of which i > particularly belong (i use gaim and firefox most of my time in X) , and > maybe why i have a hard time keeping out of a WIMP interfaces. > > Regardless, wmi(i) is a breath of fresh air, and im glad someone is > doing it.
I think we got a saner feature with the detached layer than cluttering the screen with titlibars. We got attach/detach and the detached layer with mod1+shift+a, where you see all detached clients in a grid and a single click is enough to reattach them (or in latest snap a number key to attach the specific client again). We also plan some kind of move-out-of-the-way of floating clients like it has been implemented in LarsWM, where clients are moved to the right border like a stack covering with around 20% of their window area on the screen. Also this feature sounds better to me, than the xfce shading way. Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe ><>< www.ebrag.de ><>< GPG key: 0D73F361 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wmii
