Placement(7x)

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version 2.2.12 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

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Okay bestie, gather round. This is the manual page for Placement(7x), coming at you from the AfterStep X11 window manager. AfterStep supports several different window placement policies, and they are not all the same vibe. Some of them are designed to fill free space, and some are literally allowing for windows to be placed on top of others. No cap. 💖

✨ CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ✨

These are the placement policies, queen. Choose wisely, because your windows are about to have main character energy. 👑

  • Cascade — windows will be placed in cascading order. It's giving waterfall, but make it windows. 🌊
  • Manual — windows must be placed manually. You are the placement algorithm now. 💪
  • RandomPlacement — windows will be placed randomply (yes, that's the spelling in the original, I'm just keeping it 100), in space unobstructed by windows that have the AvoidCover attribute set. Chaos, but with boundaries. 🎲
  • SmartPlacement — the most suitable free space area will be chosen to place the window in. If no such area is found of sufficient size, the window will be placed using a secondary placement strategy, or manually if no secondary strategy is specified. Big brain placement energy. 🧠✨
  • Tile — windows will be tiled in free space. If no space of suitable size is found, then a secondary placement strategy is engaged, or the window will have to be placed manually. This is similar to SmartPlacement, except that suitable space is chosen following direction left-to-right, top-to-bottom, instead of looking for space, most fitting the window size (the way SmartPlacement works). Slay, but make it a grid. 🦋

xoxo, 3rd Berkeley Distribution, AfterStep v.2.2.12, Placement(7x) — undated and unbothered. 💅🎀

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