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@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ opening the window at the bottom of the stack (attach\_aside) --- - *partial floating mode* + *floating mode* ------------- | | | @@ -76,9 +76,13 @@ opening the window at the bottom of the stack (attach\_aside) | | | | ------`---'-- - _Partial_ floating mode means that one can freely move and resize windows, but - the windows will revert to their tiling mode position once a window is added or - removed, and that window is not transient. + In floating mode one can freely move and resize windows in the screen space. + Changing desktops, adding or removing floating windows, does not affect the + floating status of the windows. Windows will revert to their tiling mode + position once the user selects a tiling mode. + Note, that one cannot "select" the floating mode, but it will be enabled if + one tries to move or resize a window with the mouse. Once one does that, then + the window is marked as being in floating mode. --- diff --git a/monsterwm.1 b/monsterwm.1 index efbd7a9..ce601b0 100644 --- a/monsterwm.1 +++ b/monsterwm.1 @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ monsterwm \- minimal and dynamic tiling window manager .RB [ \-v ] .SH DESCRIPTION monsterwm is a very minimal, lightweight, tiny but monsterous, dynamic tiling -window manager with partial floating mode support. It will try to stay as small -as possible. +window manager with floating mode support. It will try to stay as small as +possible. .P .SH MODES It allows the "normal" method of tiling window managers (with the new window as @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ equally divided into a grid. .I Monocle mode or fullscreen mode, where the clients take up the entire workspace, and additional clients are hidden behind the current shown window. -.I Partial floating mode -where, windows can move and be resized freely in the screen space, as long as no -window is added or removed, except if that window is transient. +.I Floating mode +where, windows can move and be resized freely in the screen space. Windows +retain their floating status until the user switches to a tiling mode. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-v |