Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-08-05 Thread chisel
I have a wm which organizes windows into a tree, with windows as leaves, and 'containers' as inner nodes. a screen can be attached to any node, and displays the subtree rooted there. If the subtree is a leaf, the window is fullscreen, otherwise, a few windows and containers are displayed simultan

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Bastien Dejean
Nick: > Two potentiial > issues I see: > > - It wouldn't interact too well with tagging. Presumably. Either > whole container nodes and their leaves would have to be assigned > tags, or each tag would have its own tree structure. The former > might actually not be a bad outcome. I'm af

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings. On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:54:07 +0200 Bastien Dejean wrote: > Christoph Lohmann: > > > What are the practical and productivity gains you expect from such fea‐ > > tures? What is your reallife example where such features would be need‐ > > ed? > > Hyphenated plain text is... a catastro

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Bastien Dejean
Brandon Invergo: > You should look at herbstluftwm as it already imlements a binary tree > method for window management (manual tiling only). I'm actually an herbstluftwm contributor. The problems I have with herbstluftwm's concepts should be easy to deduce from the first message of this thread.

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:15:48AM +0100, Nick wrote: > Anyway, ignore Christoph, he's just trying to push mediocrity. At least he runs hg push once in a while. Where is the code?

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Bastien Dejean
Christoph Lohmann: > What are the practical and productivity gains you expect from such fea‐ > tures? What is your reallife example where such features would be need‐ > ed? Hyphenated plain text is... a catastrophe.

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings. On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:23:55 +0200 Nick wrote: > Anyway, ignore Christoph, he's just trying to push mediocrity. Elitism needs scientific analysis too. Just adding features because it sounds cool will end you up in the same situation as Gnome. Sincerely, Christoph Lohmann

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Nick
Quoth Bastien Dejean: > I'm planning on writing a window manager with the following > characteristics: > ... Sounds rather interesting, I approve, give it a go. Two potentiial issues I see: - It wouldn't interact too well with tagging. Presumably. Either whole container nodes and their leaves

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Brandon Invergo
Bastien Dejean writes: > Hi, > > I'm planning on writing a window manager with the following > characteristics: > > - Windows are represented as the leaves of a binary tree. You should look at herbstluftwm as it already imlements a binary tree method for window management (manual tiling only).

Re: [dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings. On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:12:21 +0200 Bastien Dejean wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on writing a window manager with the following > characteristics: > > - Windows are represented as the leaves of a binary tree. > - To each leaf corresponds exactly one window. > - The only nodes which ca

[dev] Binary Space Partitioning Window Manager

2012-07-28 Thread Bastien Dejean
Hi, I'm planning on writing a window manager with the following characteristics: - Windows are represented as the leaves of a binary tree. - To each leaf corresponds exactly one window. - The only nodes which can be focused are the leaves. - The leaves are called *window nodes*. - The other nodes