On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 06:21:44AM -0400, Doug Bell wrote: > Anselm R. Garbe wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 11:31:16AM +0200, Anselm R. Garbe wrote: > > > after using dwm for a while, I agree that Mod1-m is somewhat > > > disappointing and often results in ugly side-effects (e.g. > > > running firefox maximized, downloading a file and the download > > > window appears - or in general if a popup occures on a maximized > > > window). > > > > > > I thought a while about it and realized that we only need > > > maximize in floating mode and for floating clients, because > > > there is no simple way to maximize floating clients (except > > > heavy mouse usage). For tiled clients one can toggletag a window > > > with 'fnord' and view that tag. > > > > > > Well, with this in mind, I propose changing togglemax as > > > follows: > > > > > > 1. togglemax should be client-specific, which means adding a > > > 'unmax' XRectangle to Client-struct which is used to restore > > > the unmaximized size on togglemax(). > > > 2. togglemax has only effect on floating clients - or in floating > > > mode, it is unly toggled by request and never automatically > > > (this avoids all ugly side-effects). > > I use togglemax fairly often on mangaed clients. I find it useful for a > quick, temporarily larger view. I like the idea of it not going away > automatically, but I would prefer that it keep working on managed > clients as well as on floating (that I rarely use). > > > > I believe the code might get simplier as well. If someone needs > > > to maximize a tiled client, there are two ways: > > > > > > A) toggle to floating mode and togglemax > > Then, to go back to the way it was means hitting togglemax and then > toggling back to tiled, right? Four operations instead of two... > > > > OR > > > > > > B) toggle/tag a specific 'max' tag and view that tag instead > > So you change the client's tag, view that tag, then, to go back, you > change the client's tag again and view the original tag. Again, four > operations... > > > > Any remarks? > > > > One remark on my own. I believe one could re-use the > > zoom-shortcut in floating mode for this maximization toggling. > > It has similiar semantic. > > Re-using the shortcut would be slick, but I still prefer to keep > togglemax on tiled clients.
For those scenarios you pointed out, I'd prefer a 'takewith' function which tags a specific client and views that tag in one step. Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe ><>< www.ebrag.de ><>< GPG key: 0D73F361
