On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Paul Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2009/2/18 Samir SAADA <[email protected]> >> >> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Johann Haarhoff >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> xfce (xfwm) has the maximization (vertical|horizona) option. I used >> >> it a >> >> lot. >> >> In my opinion comparing two windows is only MS Windows 7 tric, and it >> >> should be the responsibility of the application to allow you comparing >> >> it's content; like word processing and web browsing, IDEs do already >> >> that. >> > >> > Windowmaker also has the maximize vertical/horizontal option, but I find >> > it >> > requires more fiddling to get your windows positioned side by side. >> > >> > Most of the times, the two windows I want side-by-side are not from the >> > same >> > app. It is either VI/Firefox, VI/Acrobat (code+documentation), or >> > gschem/acrobat pcb/acrobat (schematic+datasheet, layout+datasheet), or >> > gschem/pcb (schematic+layout) >> > >> >> well, I'm not used to do this but why not, maybe others do like you! > > > I do this too from time to time, but I find that I might want to alloc 70% > of screen to VI, and the last 30% to 1 or 2 terminal windows. >
I don't feel wmaker as future tile window manager. though a separate application could do the job for that. if only scripting wmaker was possible. there's a python area somewhere in the code, but didn't look more than that. take a look at it maybe interesting. > What might be neat is to be able to divide the screen up into two "desktops" > or workspaces. Currently wmaker has workspaces, but you can only see one at > a time. Wouldn't it be neat to be able to drag a line and then be able to > have 2 workspaces shown at once? > > I often use a multihead where I have wmaker stretched across the 2 screens > (which incidentally are not the same size). > The line could be drawn between the two screens, and I could look at 2 > workspaces at once. > > It would not be necessary to see the dock on both (I wouldn't want that), > but if each one had its own clip showing ... that would make sense. > > see ya > Paul > > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
