max depth

README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ To edit the layout `l` on screen `s`, call `editor.start_interactive(s = awful.s
 
 ### Basic usage
 
-The editing command starts with the open region of the entire workarea, perform "operations" to split the current region into multiple sub-regions, then recursively edits each of them.
+The editing command starts with the open region of the entire workarea, perform "operations" to split the current region into multiple sub-regions, then recursively edits each of them (by default, the maximum split depth is 2).
 The layout is defined by a sequence of operations as a layout command.
 The layout editor allows users to interactively input their commands and shows the resulting layouts on screen, with the following auxiliary functions:
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ There are three kinds of operations:
 
 2. Operations taking argument string as a single number.
 
-   `s` (shifting active region)
+   `s` (shifting active region), `p` (setting the maximum split depth)
 
 3. Operation not taking argument.
 

editor.lua

@@ -526,6 +526,13 @@ local function create(data)
             end
          end
 
+      elseif method == "t" then
+
+         local n = tonumber(arg_str)
+         if n ~= nil then
+            max_depth = n
+         end
+
       elseif method == "-" then
 
          push_area()
@@ -560,6 +567,7 @@ local function create(data)
       ["w"] = 2, ["W"] = 2,
       ["d"] = 2, ["D"] = 2,
       ["s"] = 2, ["S"] = 2,
+      ["t"] = 2, ["T"] = 2,
       ["-"] = 1,
       ["."] = 1,
       [";"] = 1,