Re[2]: FVWM: SnapAttraction Question

From: Matthew Kettlewell <matt_at_kettlewell.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:22:37 -0600 (MDT)

Comments added into previous text, for context


>
> Is this the layout you have in mind?
>
> +----------------------+ <-- screen
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> | |
> |+--------------------+| <-- compile windows, all with the same
> || || size and position
> |+--------------------+|
> +----------------------+
>


Actually I was trying for the following: ( Not good at ascii art, but here goes)

+-------------------------------+ <-- Screen
| |
| | <-- Term Window
| |
|--------------------------------|
| |
| |
| | <--Term Window
| |
|--------------------------------|
| | <--Term window
| |
|--------------------------------|
| | <-- Taskbar
+-------------------------------+

The intent is to leave no space between Term windows or the screen
(up to the taskbar on the bottom). This allows me to observe 3 (or
more) compiles, scripts, or other items at the same time, only having
to maximize (full screen) when I need more detail or history.


> I don't see what SnapAttraction would buy you here. And in any
> case, the same effect can be achieved much easier with Maximize.



Didn't realize that Maximize had a horziontal/vertical component to
it. This will be handy.


>
> Whenever I want to have a window span all the page width, I just
> press ctrl-meta-q. No fiddling with the mouse required. Or you
> could bind it to a decoration button.



Yes, a button decoration " <-> " for screen-to-screen max in the horizontal on the titlebar.



> I think the real productivity issue is that you're resizing your
> windows manually :-)



I won't argue with that. I come from Solaris with CDE. No one could
get keyboard bindings to work, so I've learned to live without them. (
But don't you dare take away my XEmacs keybindings :)


 
> You may also want to take a look at the "grow" option to Maximize.


I'll have to take a look at that one later today (fvwm.org seems to be
down at the moment), but it's the clean butting up of windows together
through a resize op that I'm referring to. I wouldn't worry about it
any. It is just a feature request that I'll look into, but if no one
else uses it as such, then it is my problem and mine alone.


>
> fvwm/move_resize.c

Thanks, I'll take a peek and see.

>
> Ciao
>
> Dominik ^_^ ^_^


Thanks for the input


Matt




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