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20:03:14
gotwf
Someone can explain to me the logic behind morphing stumpwm from a static tiling wm to a dynamic tiling wm?
20:04:36
gotwf
ACTION is not at all happy to note this under the "Wish List" README (wh/I rarely read any more, so maybe it's been such for a while now, the sanity of wh/has thus gone unchallenged.).
20:06:42
gotwf
If I wanted a i3, etc. clone, I'd have used one of the plethora of "me too" options out there. Stumpwm in unique. If that doesn't float your boat, then go w/one of the clones, but please, please, please, quit trying to ruing my fave wm just cuz you're into following the herd.
20:08:34
gotwf
I mean, for those who wish to reinvent stumpwm into something else, maybe just start over w/a new project, eh?
21:35:12
benley
(tbh if I could figure out how to add a static tiling mode to xmonad without spending a month working on it, I probably would do that)
23:19:07
gotwf
i disagree. dynamic tiling is an anti-feature. just because you _can_ do something does _not_ necessarily make it a good idea. similarly, just because a bunch of other folks do something _still_ does _not_ make it a good idea. indeed, it may well only indicate that you're good a playing the bully and more interested in job security than the pursuit of technical excellence (e.g. systemd). if you want dynamic then you have more
23:36:11
jasongrossman
gotwf: I usually agree with you about this sort of thing, but I think it depends on how it's done, and in this case I'm optimistic that it'll be OK.
23:37:05
jasongrossman
gotwf: You probably agree fish shell's motto (well, one of its mottos), "Configurability is the root of all evil". See https://fishshell.com/docs/current/design.html
23:47:20
gotwf
I also disagree with the presumption that popularity is necessarily a good thing. Los Angeles and New York are popular and although many would argue to the contrary, I'd sure never want to live in such polluted mess ever again.
23:48:03
gotwf
Critical mass, otoh, is something worth discussing and stump's been extant long enough now that it seems to have achieved that objective.
23:49:55
gotwf
Anywho... I am admittedly a bit jaded, having watched a few good projects become "popular" lost their way.
1:52:54
PuercoPop
gotwf: what does dynamic vs static mean in the context of window managers? That you manage the frames automatically?
2:28:29
benley
dynamic generally means that when a new window (as in x11) shows up, the window manager automatically decides where to put it and rearranges your other windows as needed.
4:03:36
gotwf
wh/is way fsck'd cuz i want my "window" where i want them - not where the wm _thinks_ i want them, because, after all, i am (hopefully) smarter than the wm.
4:04:40
gotwf
heh... at least w.r.t. my "window" placement/arrangement. all else is up for debate o.O
4:06:24
PuercoPop
gotwf: with WSE + frame preferences ideally it is not that the WM is smarter than one but that one won't have to repeat oneself.