Post your window arrangements.

[Tobias]

Ok here is a thread where we can compare how we use the Term windows. The Forum does not allow large enough png files so I zipped it.
For those who don't know, the gimp has an easy window snapshot function.

It might be some help to newcomers who haven't seen a game as customizable as angband before.

It should also help in designing some interface changes.

Personally I use a quite wild setup. Some of the windows even overlap. But I rarely need to see the letter list for the equipment window. The small thing bellow the equipment window is the seen item list. When there is no vault on the level it is large enough.
Oh and I use the sdl version (on e16), obviously.

[fizzix]

In true ASCII style

----------------------------------------------------

|                         |            |           |

|       main              |   item     | monster   |

|       window            |   list     | list      |

|                         |            |           |

----------------------------------------------------

|         monster         |      previous          |

|         recall          |      messages          |

----------------------------------------------------

Sometimes I need to extend the item list and monster list further down if a vault appears. That's also when I usually go around squelching items. (A scroll bar would be nice)

I rely on previous messages a lot since I have the game skip through -more- prompts.

I have a good enough memory to keep my inventory and my equipment in my head.

[d_m]

Since I mostly play GCU mode I use a simple 2x2 box layout. On my netbook (in a 106x32 terminal) the arrangement I use is:

+---------------+------------+
|               |            |
|main    (80x24)|foes (25x24)|
|               |            |
+---------------+------------+
|               |            |
|messages (80x7)|items (25x7)|
|               |            |
+---------------+------------+

Obviously I'll still need to sometimes run the list items command or list monsters command in particularly crowded settings. But this setup mostly works OK--I can see the last 7 messages and I can be reminded about the most immediate foes and any unseen item kinds.

As such, I am definitely in the camp of people who favor a compact (and left-aligned) default display of items and monsters.

[Pete Mack]

I prefer a particularly complicated layout:

+-------------+
|    main     |
|   100x40    |
|             |
+-------------+

[Derakon]

I used to do main in the lower right corner, with map above that, inventory/equip on the left, and monster recall in the upper-right corner. But then I discovered that some Angband variants allow you to make the main window as big as you want, so you aren't limited to such a tiny field of view any more. So now my main view takes up an entire 1680x1050 display with a size-18 font, and I have monster recall and inventory/equip on a side display (no need for an overhead map with a view this big!).

[will_asher]

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|           |                         |

| monster   |       main              |

| list      |       window  (84x29)   |

|   (80x46) |                         |

---------------------------------------

|  previous         |   item          |

|  messages (77x19) |   list  (68x17) |

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I don't have a good enough memory to keep my inventory and equipment in my head, but I've played Nethack (and Zork) enough before Angband to be in the habit of using the (i)nventory command often.
I really only have the item list turned on for testing purposes (to make sure it updates properly). I don't really use it.

[Magnate]

Here's mine - I use this same setup for 1024x768, 1152x864 and 1280x1024 - I just use slightly bigger fonts when I have more space.

I'm about to buy a 1920x1200 monitor, so it might be time for a complete rethink.

[SilverD]

WTV an 8th Term window!!!

[Mondkalb]

Double-Screen arrangement with Gervais tiles (click for real size):

[Nightmarjoo]

I prefer a particularly complicated layout:

+-------------+
|    main     |
|   100x40    |
|             |
+-------------+

lol I do this too. I've never had a need for extra windows.

[buzzkill]

lol I do this too. I've never had a need for extra windows.

That's my standard arrangement too. When playing with tiles, you need all the main window you can get.

[bebo]

I'd like to find some space for the item list subwindow though ....

[Pete Mack]

That's my standard arrangement too. When playing with tiles, you need all the main window you can get.

BTW: this is why I'm in favor of an abbreviated monster list under the character info. It would improve things for handheld play, too.

[buzzkill]

BTW: this is why I'm in favor of an abbreviated monster list under the character info. It would improve things for handheld play, too.

No objection, but for those of us who do the the '[' to view the monster list full-screen (I hope that I'm not the only one), I saw no reason not to take advantage of the additional space. Unresisted attacks of nearby monsters at a glance seemed like a good choice to me. Maybe the monster list sub-window can be different from the monster list key-press.

Would it be possible to set a sub-window 'always on top', so whatever you like can rest below the status area, on top of the main window.

[Arphod]

lol I do this too. I've never had a need for extra windows.

That's a big 10-4, but I run 8x13. I use the rest of my desktop space for non-angband things while i'm playing. I do a lot of alt-tabbing to jump from app to app.