On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:12:37AM -0200, Marcos Moyano wrote: > See this thread: > http://www.mail-archive.com/i3-discuss@i3.zekjur.net/msg00742.html > Can't remember exactly what happened to that patch. I'm sure Michael had a > good argument for reverting the commit. > Still, this may be (or not) a good starting point for a new patch that can > get into (and stay) in i3's core. > > Happy new year! > > Best, > Marcos > Thanks for the info Marcos. I did skim through the mail archives, but somehow missed that thread.
Unfortunately at the moment I'm too busy (read: my C is too rusty) to dive into the i3 sources. Merry new years to you too! - Eero > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Eero Kari <ek...@iki.fi> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 05:41:52PM +0800, 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) wrote: > > > 2013/12/31 Eero Kari <ek...@iki.fi>: > > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 07:20:28AM +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > > > >> Hi Eero, > > > >> > > > >> Eero Kari <ek...@iki.fi> writes: > > > >> > the upcoming i3 layout restore feature almost completes my > > wishlist. The only > > > >> > thing lacking is the "float split" that ion3 had. I fired up notion > > just to make > > > >> > this 2-frame gif-animation showing the feature in action: > > > >> > > > > >> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20179139/ion3-float-split.gif > > > >> > > > > >> > With the float split you could make two[1] containers overlap each > > other. The > > > >> > amount of overlap was controlled similarly as you would resize a > > window. And the > > > >> > layout stayed that way until changed it again. > > > >> Thanks for the explanation. > > > >> > > > >> > So, I accept the feature either as built-in, or as a working > > script[2]. Either > > > >> > way is fine ;) > > > >> I don’t care what you people do in third-party scripts (that’s what > > they > > > >> are there for, right? :)), but I consider it very unlikely that this > > > >> feature will be merged into core i3. It does not seem worth it to me > > to > > > >> add yet another weird special case, especially since it uses > > overlapping > > > >> windows. Ugh. As others have pointed out, i3 is primarily a tiling > > > >> window manager, and while other window managers may implement these > > > >> kinds of layouts, I am not convinced it’s a good idea in i3. > > > >> > > > > ...aaand replying to the mailing list also after messing up and > > replying just to > > > > Michael :) The original message below. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > > > > > Likewise, thanks for the explanation. > > > > > > > > I'll just drop what I had in mind in here in case someone else is > > interested to > > > > whip up the script before I can get on with it. > > > > > > > > I imagine that the script would have to handle two floating windows in > > order to > > > > avoid further resizing after the initial setup. It should just > > basically move > > > > and resize the windows to their places and bind a key to toggle them. > > > > > > > > - Eero > > > > > > Hi, Eero, > > > > > > I see the only thing missing here is a command for switching forcus > > > back_and_forth between containers. With this command, you can bind the > > > command to a key and manually make two floating windows overlapping, > > > then just using the keybinding to switch between them. > > > > > > So here I am asking Michael, is it possible to add a command 'focus > > > back_and_forth' just like the existing 'workspace back_and_forth', so > > > that what Eero is asking for is doable withouth scripting. > > > > > > Of course, this command should promote the window to the top of the > > > screen, if it is floating. Currently, use keybing focusing a floating > > > window does not promote it to the top of the screen. > > > > > Hi Techlive, > > > > "focus back_and_forth" could have it's uses, but I suspect that it would be > > a bit more involved to implement. I would be happy for just the focused > > floating > > window to be promoted to the top of the screen. > > > > Everything I want almost works already; I can have a floating terminal and > > a floating browser and "focus left" or "focus right" switches nicely > > between > > them. The only thing missing is bringing the focused window on top. > > > > - Eero > > > > > > -- > Marcos Moyano > Co-Founder of Anue > Skype: marcosmoyano > http://www.anue.biz/
