@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, c->win, c->x, c->y, c->w, c->h); /* some windows require this */
 	setclientstate(c, IconicState);
 	c->isbanned = True;
 	focus(c);
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }
 
 void
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ return;
 	sel->isfloating = !sel->isfloating;
 	if(sel->isfloating)
 		resize(sel, sel->x, sel->y, sel->w, sel->h, True);
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }
 
 void
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ free(c);
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 	XSetErrorHandler(xerror);
 	XUngrabServer(dpy);
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }
 
 void

@@ -24,15 +24,14 @@ { "Acroread",			NULL,		True }, \
 };
 
 /* layout(s) */
+void tile(const char *arg);		/* arranges all windows tiled */
 #define LAYOUTS \
 static Layout layout[] = { \
 	/* symbol		function */ \
 	{ "[]=",		tile }, /* first entry is default */ \
 	{ "><>",		floating }, \
 };
-#define NMASTER			1	/* clients in master area */
-#define HRATIO			.8	/* horizontal ratio of tile */
-#define VRATIO			.9	/* vertical ratio of tile */
+#define MASTER			0.6	/* 0.1 .. 0.9 */
 #define SNAP			32	/* snap pixel */
 
 /* key definitions */
@@ -47,14 +46,10 @@ { MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_Return,	spawn, \
 		"exec urxvtcd -tr -bg '#111' -fg '#eee' -cr '#eee' +sb -fn '"FONT"'" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_space,	setlayout,	NULL }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_b,		togglebar,	NULL }, \
-	{ MODKEY,			XK_h,		incnmaster,	"1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY,			XK_l,		incnmaster,	"-1" }, \
+	{ MODKEY,			XK_h,		tile,		"-0.05" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_j,		focusclient,	"1" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_k,		focusclient,	"-1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_h,		inchratio,	".1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_l,		inchratio,	"-.1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_j,		incvratio,	"-.1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_k,		incvratio,	".1" }, \
+	{ MODKEY,			XK_l,		tile,		"0.05" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_m,		togglemax,	NULL }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_Return,	zoom,		NULL }, \
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_space,	togglefloating,	NULL }, \

@@ -25,15 +25,14 @@ { "Acroread",			NULL,		True }, \
 };
 
 /* layout(s) */
+void tile(const char *arg);		/* arranges all windows tiled */
 #define LAYOUTS \
 static Layout layout[] = { \
 	/* symbol		function */ \
 	{ "[]=",		tile }, /* first entry is default */ \
 	{ "><>",		floating }, \
 };
-#define NMASTER			1	/* clients in master area */
-#define HRATIO			.8	/* horizontal ratio of tile */
-#define VRATIO			1	/* vertical ratio of tile */
+#define MASTER			0.6	/* 0.1 .. 0.9 */
 #define SNAP			32	/* snap pixel */
 
 /* key definitions */
@@ -45,14 +44,10 @@ { MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_Return,	spawn,		"exec xterm" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_p,		spawn, 		"exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu` && exec $exe" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_space,	setlayout,	NULL }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_b,		togglebar,	NULL }, \
-	{ MODKEY,			XK_h,		incnmaster,	"1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY,			XK_l,		incnmaster,	"-1" }, \
+	{ MODKEY,			XK_h,		tile,		"-0.05" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_j,		focusclient,	"1" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_k,		focusclient,	"-1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_h,		inchratio,	".1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_l,		inchratio,	"-.1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_j,		incvratio,	"-.1" }, \
-	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_k,		incvratio,	".1" }, \
+	{ MODKEY,			XK_l,		tile,		"0.05" }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_m,		togglemax,	NULL }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_Return,	zoom,		NULL }, \
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_space,	togglefloating,	NULL }, \

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
 environment for the application in use and the task performed.
 .P
 In tiled layout windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
-area contains the windows which currently need most attention, whereas the
+area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
 stacking area contains all other windows. In floating layout windows can be
 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
 regardless of the layout applied.
@@ -62,29 +62,17 @@ .TP
 .B Mod1\-b
 Shows/hides the status bar.
 .TP
+.B Mod1\-h
+Decreases the master area width about 5% (tiled layout only).
+.TP
 .B Mod1\-j
 Focus next window.
 .TP
 .B Mod1\-k
 Focus previous window.
 .TP
-.B Mod1\-h
-Increase the number of windows in the master area (tiled layout only).
-.TP
 .B Mod1\-l
-Decrease the number of windows in the master area (tiled layout only).
-.TP
-.B Mod1\-Shift\-k
-Increase vertical tile ratio, effects tile heights (tiled layout only).
-.TP
-.B Mod1\-Shift\-j
-Decrease vertical tile ratio, effects tile heights (tiled layout only).
-.TP
-.B Mod1\-Shift\-h
-Increase horizontal tile ratio, effects master area width (tiled layout only).
-.TP
-.B Mod1\-Shift\-l
-Decrease horizontal tile ratio, effects master area width (tiled layout only).
+Increases the master area width about 5% (tiled layout only).
 .TP
 .B Mod1\-m
 Toggles maximization of current window (floating layout only).

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ } DC; /* draw context */
 
 typedef struct {
 	const char *symbol;
-	void (*arrange)(void);
+	void (*arrange)(const char *);
 } Layout;
 
 extern const char *tags[];			/* all tags */
@@ -120,11 +120,8 @@ /* event.c */
 void grabkeys(void);			/* grab all keys defined in config.h */
 
 /* layout.c */
-void floating(void);			/* arranges all windows floating */
+void floating(const char *arg);		/* arranges all windows floating */
 void focusclient(const char *arg);	/* focuses next(1)/previous(-1) visible client */
-void inchratio(const char *arg);	/* increments the horizontal tile ratio with arg's value */
-void incvratio(const char *arg);	/* increments the vertical tile ratio with arg's value */
-void incnmaster(const char *arg);	/* increments nmaster with arg's index value */
 void initlayouts(void);			/* initialize layout array */
 Client *nexttiled(Client *c);		/* returns tiled successor of c */
 void restack(void);			/* restores z layers of all clients */

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ XFreePixmap(dpy, dc.drawable);
 		dc.drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, sw, bh, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
 		XResizeWindow(dpy, barwin, sw, bh);
 		updatebarpos();
-		lt->arrange();
+		lt->arrange(NULL);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ default: break;
 			case XA_WM_TRANSIENT_FOR:
 				XGetTransientForHint(dpy, c->win, &trans);
 				if(!c->isfloating && (c->isfloating = (getclient(trans) != NULL)))
-					lt->arrange();
+					lt->arrange(NULL);
 				break;
 			case XA_WM_NORMAL_HINTS:
 				updatesizehints(c);

@@ -8,130 +8,18 @@ Layout *lt = NULL;
 
 /* static */
 
-static double hratio = HRATIO;
-static double vratio = VRATIO;
 static unsigned int nlayouts = 0;
-static unsigned int nmaster = NMASTER;
-
-static double /* simple pow() */
-spow(double x, double y)
-{
-	if(y == 0)
-		return 1;
-	while(--y)
-		x *= x;
-	return x;
-}
-
-static void
-tile(void) {
-	Bool mmaxtile = False, smaxtile = False; /* fallback tiling */
-	double mscale = 0, sscale = 0, sum = 0;
-	unsigned int i, n, nx, ny, nw, nh, mw, tw;
-	Client *c;
-
-	/* preparation */
-	for(n = 0, c = nexttiled(clients); c; c = nexttiled(c->next))
-		n++;
-	nx = wax;
-	ny = way;
-	mw = (n <= nmaster) ? waw :  waw / (1 + hratio);
-	tw = waw - mw;
-	if(n > 0) {
-		if(n <= nmaster) {
-			for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
-				sum += spow(vratio, i);
-			mscale = wah / sum;
-			if(vratio >= 1)
-				mmaxtile = bh > mscale;
-			else
-				mmaxtile = bh > (mscale * spow(vratio, n - 1));
-		}
-		else {
-			for(i = 0; i < nmaster; i++)
-				sum += spow(vratio, i);
-			mscale = wah / sum;
-			for(sum = 0, i = 0; i < (n - nmaster); i++)
-				sum += spow(vratio, i);
-			sscale = wah / sum;
-			if(vratio >= 1) {
-				mmaxtile = bh > mscale;
-				smaxtile = bh > sscale;
-			}
-			else {
-				mmaxtile = bh > (mscale * spow(vratio, nmaster - 1));
-				smaxtile = bh > (sscale * spow(vratio, n - nmaster - 1));
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	/* tiling */
-	for(i = 0, c = clients; c; c = c->next)
-		if(isvisible(c)) {
-			unban(c);
-			if(c->isfloating)
-				continue;
-			c->ismax = False;
-			if(i < nmaster) { /* master window */
-				nw = mw - 2 * c->border;
-				if(mmaxtile) {
-					ny = way;
-					nh = wah - 2 * c->border;
-				}
-				else if(i + 1 == (n < nmaster ? n : nmaster))
-					nh = (way + wah) - ny - 2 * c->border;
-				else
-					nh = (mscale * spow(vratio, i)) - 2 * c->border;
-			}
-			else { /* tile window */
-				nw = tw - 2 * c->border;
-				if(i == nmaster) {
-					ny = way;
-					nx = wax + mw;
-				}
-				if(smaxtile) {
-					ny = way;
-					nh = wah - 2 * c->border;
-				}
-				else if(i + 1 == n)
-					nh = (way + wah) - ny - 2 * c->border;
-				else
-					nh = (sscale * spow(vratio, i - nmaster)) - 2 * c->border;
-			}
-			resize(c, nx, ny, nw, nh, False);
-			ny += nh;
-			i++;
-		}
-		else
-			ban(c);
-	focus(NULL);
-	restack();
-}
 
 LAYOUTS
 
-static void
-incratio(const char *arg, double *ratio, double def) {
-	double delta;
-
-	if(lt->arrange != tile)
-		return;
-	if(!arg)
-		*ratio = def;
-	else {
-		if(1 == sscanf(arg, "%lf", &delta)) {
-			if(delta + (*ratio) < .1 || delta + (*ratio) > 1.9)
-				return;
-			*ratio += delta;
-		}
-	}
-	lt->arrange();
-}
-
 /* extern */
 
 void
-floating(void) {
+floating(const char *arg) {
 	Client *c;
+
+	if(lt->arrange != floating)
+		return;
 
 	for(c = clients; c; c = c->next)
 		if(isvisible(c)) {
@@ -169,35 +57,6 @@ }
 }
 
 void
-inchratio(const char *arg) {
-	incratio(arg, &hratio, HRATIO);
-}
-
-void
-incvratio(const char *arg) {
-	incratio(arg, &vratio, VRATIO);
-}
-
-void
-incnmaster(const char *arg) {
-	int i;
-
-	if(!arg)
-		nmaster = NMASTER;
-	else {
-		i = atoi(arg);
-		if((lt->arrange != tile) || (nmaster + i < 1)
-		|| (wah / (nmaster + i) <= 2 * BORDERPX))
-			return;
-		nmaster += i;
-	}
-	if(sel)
-		lt->arrange();
-	else
-		drawstatus();
-}
-
-void
 initlayouts(void) {
 	unsigned int i, w;
 
@@ -261,19 +120,78 @@ return;
 		lt = &layout[i];
 	}
 	if(sel)
-		lt->arrange();
+		lt->arrange(NULL);
 	else
 		drawstatus();
 }
 
 void
+tile(const char *arg) {
+	static double master = MASTER;
+	double delta;
+	unsigned int i, n, nx, ny, nw, nh, mw, th;
+	Client *c;
+
+	if(lt->arrange != tile)
+		return;
+
+	/* arg handling, manipulate master */
+	if(arg && (1 == sscanf(arg, "%lf", &delta))) {
+		if(delta + master > 0.1 && delta + master < 0.9)
+			master += delta;
+	}
+
+	for(n = 0, c = nexttiled(clients); c; c = nexttiled(c->next))
+		n++;
+
+	/* window geoms */
+	mw = (n == 1) ? waw : master * waw;
+	th = (n > 1) ? wah / (n - 1) : 0;
+	if(n > 1 && th < bh)
+		th = wah;
+
+	nx = wax;
+	ny = way;
+	for(i = 0, c = clients; c; c = c->next)
+		if(isvisible(c)) {
+			unban(c);
+			if(c->isfloating)
+				continue;
+			c->ismax = False;
+			if(i == 0) { /* master */
+				nw = mw - 2 * c->border;
+				nh = wah - 2 * c->border;
+			}
+			else {  /* tile window */
+				if(i == 1) {
+					ny = way;
+					nx += mw;
+				}
+				nw = waw - mw - 2 * c->border;
+				if(i + 1 == n) /* remainder */
+					nh = (way + wah) - ny - 2 * c->border;
+				else
+					nh = th - 2 * c->border;
+			}
+			resize(c, nx, ny, nw, nh, False);
+			if(n > 1 && th != wah)
+				ny += nh;
+			i++;
+		}
+		else
+			ban(c);
+	focus(NULL);
+	restack();
+}
+
+void
 togglebar(const char *arg) {
 	if(bpos == BarOff)
 		bpos = (BARPOS == BarOff) ? BarTop : BARPOS;
 	else
 		bpos = BarOff;
 	updatebarpos();
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }
 
 void
@@ -307,5 +225,5 @@ return;
 	detach(c);
 	attach(c);
 	focus(c);
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sel->tags[i] = arg == NULL;
 	i = arg ? atoi(arg) : 0;
 	if(i >= 0 && i < ntags)
 		sel->tags[i] = True;
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }
 
 void
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ sel->tags[i] = !sel->tags[i];
 	for(j = 0; j < ntags && !sel->tags[j]; j++);
 	if(j == ntags)
 		sel->tags[i] = True;
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }
 
 void
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ seltag[i] = !seltag[i];
 	for(j = 0; j < ntags && !seltag[j]; j++);
 	if(j == ntags)
 		seltag[i] = True; /* cannot toggle last view */
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }
 
 void
@@ -148,5 +148,5 @@ seltag[i] = arg == NULL;
 	i = arg ? atoi(arg) : 0;
 	if(i >= 0 && i < ntags)
 		seltag[i] = True;
-	lt->arrange();
+	lt->arrange(NULL);
 }