Very nice module, just one suggestion: As the configuration dialog is
really huge you might move some of the option to advanced/basic dialog.

Greets,
Brian

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 04:46:51PM +0200, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> as some of you might already know from IRC, I've been working on a tiling
> module for e17 for about a month. Today, it reached feature-complete status
> and this is a good moment to post to the development list, I thought ;-).
> 
> For those of you who are not familiar with the concepts that (for example) ion
> or wmii use: The windows on your screen always fill the whole available space,
> there are no overlapping windows. Some people quite like this concept and are
> more productive with it. Some (like me) have worked implicitly this way
> sometimes - this can be more effective when using the module which does all
> placement for you :-).
> 
> To get an idea of the configuration, see:
> https://twice-irc.de/misc/tiling/config.png
> (You need to install the CACert-root-certificate for this to work in newer
> versions of firefox, go to http://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3 and use the
> class 3 one.)
> 
> To see how the different layouts look like:
> https://twice-irc.de/misc/tiling/bigmain_xinerama.png (Big window left, small
> windows on the right)
> https://twice-irc.de/misc/tiling/grid_xinerama.png (Grid mode)
> 
> Of course, Xinerama is supported :-).
> 
> There may still be bugs, so I'd appreciate some testing. Please don't comment
> the "#define DEBUG" out and let e17 log to a file, for example using "startx
> /opt/e17/bin/enlightenment_start 2>&1 1>elog" and send me the file afterwards
> if you're having strange bugs which are not design flaws.
> 
> There is a short HOWTO on installing as you need to apply a patch for adding
> another event before desktop changes, so check
> https://twice-irc.de/misc/HOWTO-e17-tiling if you'd like to try it.
> 
> For those familiar with patching/compiling, use "git clone
> git://dev.twice-irc.de/e17-tiling.git" or check webgit on
> https://dev.twice-irc.de/git/?p=e17-tiling.git;a=summary
> 
> Best regards,
> Michael
> 
> PS: The module has exactly 1337 lines of ansi-c-code according to SLOCCount -
> if that isn't a good sign... ;-)
> 
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