[xmonad] Re: XMonad.Layout.NoBorders

[Jamie Webb]

On 2007-12-20 07:31:33 David Roundy wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 10:59:16PM -0500, gwern0 at gmail.com wrote:
> > On 2007.12.19 10:57:33 -0500, David Roundy <daveroundy at gmail.com>
> > scribbled 0.3K characters:
> > > No, I don't have time.  And I'm not sure why one would want no
> > > borders on floating windows...
> > >
> > > David
> > 
> > Perhaps I don't fully understand the issues, but wouldn't such a
> > thing be nice for things like MPlayer?
> > 
> > The other day, I happened to play a video through MPlayer, and I
> > noticed (using smartBorders/NoBorders)  that there was an ugly
> > border on the left and upper edges, and that it detracted from the
> > cinematic experience. It was otherwise fullscreen and nice, but not
> > as good as it could've been.
> 
> Indeed, that's why the requester wanted this.  I guess the easy
> solution is not to float mplayer.  I don't know how badly mplayer
> misbehaves in tiled mode.

It works perfectly AFAICT. Just have to use a fullscreen/noBorders
layout and hide any gap.

/J