Re: [9fans] sam resizing

[Ingo Krabbe <ikrabbe.ask@gmail.com>]

Hey Mark,

as you wrote, sam window configuration depends on the situation. But for me its not the number of files that changes the resize options, but the base size of the whole sam workspace.

If it's big enough, its resonable to resize the ~~sam~~ command window to an upper left rectangle (view this mail with fixed font):

    +----------------------------------+
    !  ~~sam~~          !              !
    !                   !       a1     !
    +-------------------+--------------+
    !                   !              !
    !      a2           !       a3     !
    !                   !              !
    +-------------------+--------------+

If you resize your windows by clicking(B3) in area a1 your window will resize to a1+a3.
If you choose a2 the window goes to a2+a3 and if you choose a3 the window covers a3 only.

You can even place the ~~sam~~ window somewhere in the middle, to have eight different auto-resize-options. But that window configuration is a bit academic.

But its quite easy to start a manual window resize at the lower right edge of ~~sam~~ and drag towards the lower left edge, so that a window covers a2 only.

I think these resize options and window layout is quite good to work with even in quite complex situations and zerox buffers.

cheers,

ingo

On Mon Oct 21 22:18:54 CES 2013, vanattenmark@gmail.com wrote:
> I would find it useful if a sam window resize could be undone one
> step, i.e. resize the window again to its size and position before the
> last resize. Perhaps by clicking B1, just as clicking B3 enlarges it.
>
> That would help keeping windows arranged a bit while enlarging one
> after the other as I see fit for my work.
>
> One can of course do without the visual clue of such an arrangement
> and rely on just the file list in the menu. When there are many files,
> there is no choice, and that works well enough. But when working on
> only a handful, it might be convenient to have this additional
> possibility by just one click.
>
> Have people experimented with this, or at least entertained the same wish?
>
> Mark.
>