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0 pointsnsonha2y ago0 comments

That's not a "problem", it's a choice. Other examples where your "solution" isn't applicable is any code editor/video editing software (any software really) with multiple panels. Software generally don't render as a bunch of floating windows, they render a single window with multiple panels.

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the_gipsy2y ago· 2 in thread

A choice made by whom? For who? Not you. That's why you have to resort to some bizarre layout, with some magic 67% size concerning both WM and individual windows' panels.

A code editor does not need a terminal, because everyone already has a terminal that is not restricted into one IDE window. Do you run tmux inside your IDE's terminal? Do you never use any other terminal? You shift the goalpost to video editing, what is the specific double-67% requirement now?

nsonhaOP2y ago

> You shift the goalpost to video editing

Did I not make a generalization that software UI often involve multiple panels in a single window? Just quit chery-picking arguments and think about that, and the fact that PaperWM exists, and again how anoying automatically resizing windows are.

Hey turns out I did say things other than terminal and video editor!

the_gipsy2y ago

You cherry picked those specific examples yourself!

Floating WMs also exist, and all kind of unergonomic setups exists, I'm just questioning your reasoning.

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