Quoting Jonas Domeij <jonas.dom...@gmail.com>:
Thing is, wmii is kind of supposed to be inconsistent in that way, instead allowing you to quickly change layout & position for different usage patterns. Perhaps you should be looking for a static tiling wm instead, if I understand you correctly. Ion[1] seems to fit your usage pattern better, might be worth a try.
.. y'know.. you may be on to something.. I grok wmii keyboarding, though, and that's worth a lot. thank for the perspective, djp
[1] http://www.modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/