Hi,
> My tendency is to launch a few "big" programs, most of which can't
> easily run in a terminal (a browser, a terminal running tmux and/or an
> image editor), and only launch new "temporary" terminals when I need
> to run and see the output of a command. If I need an TUI volume mixer
> or something, I'd launch it as a tmux window or in floating mode to
> avoid disturbing my layout.
I do something pretty similar with dwm, under the (usually correct)
assumptions that windows made earlier stick around for less time. I
found I really like unilaterally opening windows floating and centered
by default and then popping them into the tiled layout if I need them to
stick around. It's a pretty simple modification, but I've attached the
patch I use just in case you or anyone on this list would find it helpful!
--
lincoln auster
they/them
From 10f3e8380ee4d1c8acbf7f2da97a47dada93f03e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: elm auster <auster....@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:51:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] center and float windows by default
---
dwm.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 5e4d494..77dea02 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ applyrules(Client *c)
XClassHint ch = { NULL, NULL };
/* rule matching */
- c->isfloating = 0;
+ c->isfloating = 1;
c->tags = 0;
XGetClassHint(dpy, c->win, &ch);
class = ch.res_class ? ch.res_class : broken;
@@ -1040,11 +1040,13 @@ manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa)
applyrules(c);
}
- if (c->x + WIDTH(c) > c->mon->mx + c->mon->mw)
- c->x = c->mon->mx + c->mon->mw - WIDTH(c);
- if (c->y + HEIGHT(c) > c->mon->my + c->mon->mh)
- c->y = c->mon->my + c->mon->mh - HEIGHT(c);
+ /* center the window */
+ c->x = c->mon->mx + c->mon->mw / 2 - c->w / 2;
+ c->y = c->mon->my + c->mon->mh / 2 - c->h / 2;
+
c->x = MAX(c->x, c->mon->mx);
+ c->y = MAX(c->y, c->mon->my);
+
/* only fix client y-offset, if the client center might cover the bar */
c->y = MAX(c->y, ((c->mon->by == c->mon->my) && (c->x + (c->w / 2) >=
c->mon->wx)
&& (c->x + (c->w / 2) < c->mon->wx + c->mon->ww)) ? bh :
c->mon->my);
--
2.31.1
