Re: FVWM: New idea, ReplaceOnDeiconify

From: Trent Piepho <xyzzy_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 08:18:57 -0800 (PST)

On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, lar3ry gensch wrote:
> Trent Piepho wrote:
> > This would also lead to another
> > function, Tile. This would just replace all the windows, turning an ugly
> > heap of windows into a nice tiled arrangement.
>
> It's my opinion that such a "tile" operation would be best provided by
> an external module (FvwmTile?) rather than put into the fvwm main code.

Yes, I think I module would be much better idea. As has been pointed out,
finding a good tiled arrangement is not simply a matter of placing replacing
all the windows. I can see may places for configuration, like what part
of the screen to fill first, that would make a function overly complex and
bloated.

> However, you might want to consider what would happen if some windows'
> sizes get too small to be useful when they are tiled. For instance, I

I was thinking that the windows' sizes would remain unchanged.

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