Greetings. On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:12:21 +0200 Bastien Dejean <nihilh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on writing a window manager with the following > characteristics: > > - Windows are represented as the leaves of a binary tree. > - To each leaf corresponds exactly one window. > - The only nodes which can be focused are the leaves. > - The leaves are called *window nodes*. > - The other nodes are called *container nodes*. > - Only two methods of node insertion will be provided: *replace* and *pair*. > [...] > - Each container node is a split rectangle. > - The splitting method of a container node is either *automatic* or *manual*. > - In the *automatic* splitting mode, the split type is vertical if the width > of > the rectangle of the node is greater that its height and horizontal > otherwise. > - Several tree transformations will be provided: directional leaf swap, node > pulling, rotation, contraction, dilatation... > [...]
What are the practical and productivity gains you expect from such fea‐ tures? What is your reallife example where such features would be need‐ ed? Sincerely, Christoph Lohmann
