Introduce splith/splitv layouts, remove orientation

[i3/i3] / docs / ipc

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 IPC interface (interprocess communication)
 ==========================================
 Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
-July 2012
+August 2012
 
 This document describes how to interface with i3 from a separate process. This
 is useful for example to remote-control i3 (to write test cases for example) or
@@ -270,12 +270,15 @@ border (string)::
        Can be either "normal", "none" or "1pixel", dependending on the
        container’s border style.
 layout (string)::
-       Can be either "default", "stacked", "tabbed", "dockarea" or "output".
+       Can be either "splith", "splitv", "stacked", "tabbed", "dockarea" or
+       "output".
        Other values might be possible in the future, should we add new
        layouts.
 orientation (string)::
        Can be either "none" (for non-split containers), "horizontal" or
        "vertical".
+       THIS FIELD IS OBSOLETE. It is still present, but your code should not
+       use it. Instead, rely on the layout field.
 percent (float)::
        The percentage which this container takes in its parent. A value of
        +null+ means that the percent property does not make sense for this