On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:59:39AM -0400, Keith Kaple wrote:
> Thanks, this is closest to what I am looking for, but I guess
> it will take some work. For example if I cascade 5 xterms in
> the upper right hand corner:
>
> |___1_
> |___2_
> |___3_
> |___4_
> |___5_
>
> I expect repeating j or k to move 12345 and 54321 respectively,
> they don't...
Ah, yes. Cascaded windows are usually not really in a
North-South relationship. The code divides the area around a
window into four sectors:
\ N /
\ /
\ /
W o E
/ \
/ \
/ S \
Any window with its center in the South sector will be preferred
to any window in the E or W sector with its center lower than the
current window. Cascading to the bottom right is just along the
border between S and E or even already in E. Using S here does
not give predicatable results if your window are wider than they
are tall and E fails if they are taller. Both fail if you have
tall and wide windows. In your case, the best solution is to use
the diagonal directions SouthEast, NorthWest, ...
NW | NE
|
|
----o----
|
|
SW | SE
> actually they go 1345 and 521, like it wants to work, but
> something else is "attracting" the focus to the wrong window...
>
> I added !iconic and currentdesk, it seemed to change behavior to
> be a little better, but still not pure "closest window center"
> selection.
The selection is base on the angle between the direction from
the window center and the lines between both window centers:
+-----+
| o |
+-----+
+-+
+-+|2|
|1|+-+
+-+
Let's assume "o" has the focus. The window centers of "1" and "2"
have exactly the same distance from "o", but since "1" deviates
0 degrees from the South direction while "2" deviates about 37
degrees. So, "1" is chosen, not "2" - even if "2" were a bit
closer.
> Tried FlipFocus too, is there anyway to alter the "complex
> formula"?
Only by changing the code in the DirectionFunc() in builtins.c.
(Or CMD_Direction() in conditionals.c for 2.3.x). We are aware
that this formula will never suit every need, but making it
configurable seemed overkill.
> Or at least fake it out ;+)
>
> Version 2.2.2
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 04:22:25PM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:04:37AM -0400, Keith Kaple wrote:
> > > I'd like to config for <control> <j|k|l|h> to move between the current desktop windows in a vi fashion based on the geometrical location of upper left corner.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a config for this?
> >
> > The "Direction" command may do what you want:
> >
> > key j a c Direction South (currentpage) Focus
> > key k a c Direction North (currentpage) Focus
> > key h a c Direction West (currentpage) Focus
> > key l a c Direction East (currentpage) Focus
> >
> > Window selection is not based on the top left corner though, but a
> > complex formula that takes the corners into account as well as the
> > window centers. You need 2.2.x for the Direction command.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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Received on Thu Jun 28 2001 - 22:02:36 BST