On 02/09/2010 02:16 PM, Thomas Adam wrote: > On 9 February 2010 11:53, Nathan Hüsken <f...@lonely-star.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> fvwm has many cool windows replacing and resizing functions. But one >> thing I was not able to do so far: >> >> A function that refits all windows on the screen by making minmal >> adjustments. >> >> What do I mean? >> >> Lets say I have 3 windows. I put one in top right, on in bottom right >> and one on the left. >> I do this roughly with the mouse. >> Now if the do not overlap, I can "grow" every one by letting them take >> all free space. >> >> But if they only overlap a little, that would not work. >> >> So a function, that makes the current active windows on the screen take >> all free space without overlap, by moving windows as little as possible >> would be really cool. >> >> Does anything like this exist or is possible? >> > Yes -- you can use Maximize to grow until it hits the other edge of > the window, to fill the remaining space. There's examples of this in > "man fvwm". > > You could also probably use FvwmRearrange as well, although that's less > obvious. > > -- Thomas Ada Hi,
I know I can use grow until it hits the other edge of the window. But as far as I see, this does not work when windows overlap (a little). That I want to avoid. FvwmRearange is nice, but as far as I see it, creates a completly new layout.
