Comment 6 for bug 695251

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Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) wrote : Re: [Compiz] [Bug 695251] [NEW] grid sends new windows floating

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 5:56 PM, frederik.nnaji
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> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 15:00, Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:22 PM, frederik.nnaji
>> <email address hidden> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 08:21, Sam "SmSpillaz" Spilsbury <
>> > <email address hidden>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> > [...]
>> >> > instead, the new window should be tiled automatically, sent into the
>> >> > left half, maximized to that "tile".
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> This is the intended behavior of the plugin.
>> >
>> >
>> > yes, of course! so.. would it make sense to rethink that then?
>>
>> No, because the grid plugin is supposed to tile windows to a specific
>> space on user-action, not automatically.
>>
>>
> i still don't see the contradiction..
> but on another note.. is there another compiz plugin that would do that with
> a little automatic?

The tile plugin was meant to do this, but I don't think it works in
100% of cases. It's a good niche for people to write their own plugins
though.

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