diff --git a/cmd/wmii/client.c b/cmd/wmii/client.c
index a27603b3..4e599e3d 100644
--- a/cmd/wmii/client.c
+++ b/cmd/wmii/client.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ client_groupframe(Client *c, View *v) {
 Rectangle
 frame_hints(Frame *f, Rectangle r, Align sticky) {
 	Rectangle or;
+	WinHints h;
 	Point p;
 	Client *c;
 
@@ -394,9 +395,8 @@ frame_hints(Frame *f, Rectangle r, Align sticky) {
 		return r;
 
 	or = r;
-	r = frame_rect2client(c, r, f->area->floating);
-	r = sizehint(c->w.hints, r);
-	r = frame_client2rect(c, r, f->area->floating);
+	h = frame_gethints(f);
+	r = sizehint(&h, r);
 
 	if(!f->area->floating) {
 		/* Not allowed to grow */
diff --git a/cmd/wmii/column.c b/cmd/wmii/column.c
index f6164e4c..ca4999c4 100644
--- a/cmd/wmii/column.c
+++ b/cmd/wmii/column.c
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ column_detach(Frame *f) {
 		area_destroy(a);
 }
 
+/* This is impossibly long and tortuous. We can do better.
+ */
 static void
 column_scale(Area *a) {
 	Frame *f, **fp;
@@ -254,12 +256,10 @@ column_scale(Area *a) {
 	}
 
 	/* Distribute the surplus.
-	 * When a frame doesn't accept its allocation, don't try to
-	 * allocate to it again. Keep going until we have no more
-	 * surplus, or no more frames will accept it.
 	 */
 	osurplus = 0;
-	while(surplus != osurplus) {
+	/* More on this later. */
+	//while(surplus != osurplus) {
 		osurplus = surplus;
 		dy = 0;
 		for(f=a->frame; f; f=f->anext)
@@ -278,13 +278,15 @@ column_scale(Area *a) {
 				if(f->dy == i)
 					f->dy = 0;
 			}
-	}
+	//}
 
 	/* Now, try to give each frame, in turn, the entirety of the
 	 * surplus that we have left. A single frame might be able
 	 * to fill its increment gap with all of what's left, but
 	 * not with its fair share.
 	 */
+#if 0
+	No, don''t. Causes too much trouble, the way things are now.
 	for(f=a->frame; f && surplus > 0; f=f->anext)
 		if(!f->collapsed) {
 			dy = Dy(f->r);
@@ -293,6 +295,7 @@ column_scale(Area *a) {
 			f->r.max.y = Dy(f->crect) + colh + 1;
 			surplus -= Dy(f->r) - dy;
 		}
+#endif
 
 	if(surplus < 0) {
 		print("Badness: surplus = %d\n", surplus);
@@ -437,13 +440,17 @@ column_resizeframe(Frame *f, Rectangle r) {
 
 	if(al)
 		r.min.x = max(r.min.x, al->r.min.x + minw);
-	else
+	else { /* Hm... */
 		r.min.x = max(r.min.x, v->r.min.x);
+		r.max.x = max(r.max.x, r.min.x + minw);
+	}
 
 	if(ar)
 		r.max.x = min(r.max.x, ar->r.max.x - minw);
-	else
+	else {
 		r.max.x = min(r.max.x, v->r.max.x);
+		r.min.x = min(r.min.x, r.max.x - minw);
+	}
 
 	a->r.min.x = r.min.x;
 	a->r.max.x = r.max.x;
diff --git a/cmd/wmii/fns.h b/cmd/wmii/fns.h
index 9d7877e3..3b70c6f7 100644
--- a/cmd/wmii/fns.h
+++ b/cmd/wmii/fns.h
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ int	ingrabbox_p(Frame*, int x, int y);
 void	move_focus(Frame*, Frame*);
 Rectangle constrain(Rectangle);
 Rectangle frame_client2rect(Client*, Rectangle, bool);
-Rectangle frame_rect2client(Client*, Rectangle, bool);
+WinHints  frame_gethints(Frame*);
 Rectangle frame_hints(Frame*, Rectangle, Align);
+Rectangle frame_rect2client(Client*, Rectangle, bool);
 
 /* fs.c */
 void	fs_attach(Ixp9Req*);
diff --git a/cmd/wmii/frame.c b/cmd/wmii/frame.c
index 5910b2d8..e2de8f2f 100644
--- a/cmd/wmii/frame.c
+++ b/cmd/wmii/frame.c
@@ -246,6 +246,51 @@ Handlers framehandler = {
 	.motion = motion_event,
 };
 
+WinHints
+frame_gethints(Frame *f) {
+	WinHints h;
+	Client *c;
+	Point d;
+	int minh;
+
+	minh = labelh(def.font);
+
+	c = f->client;
+	h = *c->w.hints;
+
+	d.y = labelh(def.font);
+	if(f->area->floating) {
+		d.x = 2*def.border;
+		d.y += def.border;
+	}else {
+		d.x = 2;
+		d.y += 2;
+	}
+
+	if(h.min.x < 2*minh)
+		h.min.x = minh + (2*minh) % h.inc.x;
+	if(h.min.y < minh)
+		h.min.y = minh + minh % h.inc.y;
+
+	h.min.x += d.x;
+	h.min.y += d.y;
+	if(h.max.x + d.x > h.max.x)
+		h.max.x += d.x;
+	if(h.max.y + d.y > h.max.y)
+		h.max.y += d.y;
+
+	h.base.x += d.x;
+	h.base.y += d.y;
+	h.baspect.x += d.x;
+	h.baspect.y += d.y;
+
+	h.group = 0;
+	h.grav = ZP;
+	h.gravstatic = 0;
+	h.position = 0;
+	return h;
+}
+
 Rectangle
 frame_rect2client(Client *c, Rectangle r, bool floating) {