CaptainSpof
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2 years ago I was also wondering the same thing, regarding the difference between "Ignore Windows" and "Float Windows". After playing a bit with both, I noticed one big difference:
Ignore Windows, will… ignore windows, that is you cannot manually tile them, the windows will remain floating.
But with "Float Windows", it seems that the initial state is floating, but if you, for instance invoke the shortcut to manually tile them, it will work.
There might be more to it, this is just my personal empirical experience, I haven't actually look at the code.
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I wasn't able to find documentation on the difference between floating windows and ignored windows, I can guess that bismuth doesn't do anything with ignored windows but I can't think of what bismuth does do in when a window is floated. More important whether I for instance should float a certain utility window or ignore it.
Another small question, is there a way to contribute to the list of windows floated or ignored by default? One which I added to the lists is
pinentry-qt(the password window which pops op when I unlock my passwords) which I'd imagine should always be floated or ignored.A clear and concise description of what you want to happen
A tad bit more documentation on the difference between floating and ignored windows, whether I should float or ignore utility windows and what would be the proper way to contribute to the list of windows ignored/ floated by default.
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