[7146] in testers
Re: Does metacity allow, "first fit" instead of "20 pixels down
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Thu Jun 16 12:36:29 2005
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@mit.edu>
Cc: testers@mit.edu
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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:36:22 -0400
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I used the wrong nomenclature.
I think I had Sawfish set up for "best fit" so that it would try and fit
onto the largest patch of open space on the desktop, and that's the
feature I miss.
-wdc
On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 12:30 -0400, Greg Hudson wrote:
> > I'm used to having my new windows pop up in the biggest empty space
> > on the screen not on top of the window I am using.
>
> Rereading this, I don't understand "the biggest empty space... not on
> top of the window I am using". If it's an empty space, isn't it
> "not on top of the window I am using" as a matter of course?
>
> > This is a settable parameter in Sawfish, "First fit" I think.
>
> Incidentally, Metacity does use first fit to place windows if it can,
> and then resorts to a cascade if it can't.
