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Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by xwowsersx »

bsnnkv wrote: post #101
piskov wrote: post #15

With 5k/6k displays ordinary tiling is a joke: windows are too big. So apps like moon are far better option. On Windows there is no such thing as Moom, so I use tiling manager like komorebi. As a person switching between different OSs and devices, it’s a shame that rift seems to not use well-established key binding like alt+hjkl. Also for 5k+ display (or ultrawide) this kind of window tiling is a must (which komorebi…

komorebi is coming to macOS[1] soon :) [1]: https://youtu.be/u3eJcsa_MJk?si=UnHjFXBsWir4QiTz

ooh nice. I'll have to check this out. I tried yabai and it just wasn't stable enough to use. Messed around with a few others and eventually gave up on the idea of a TWM on Mac altogether

Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by sparky4pro »

p2hari wrote: post #51

I have been using Loop( https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop ) after trying some of the alternatives listed here and wanted to post that as it was not mentioned. It is something that solves what I was looking for in window management on macos and just putting it out here :).

Yep, Loop does all I need and is not in my way.

Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by tolerance »

sgt wrote: post #90
tolerance wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you use to manage window arrangements?

Never understood this.. Window arrangements depends on what I'm doing inside those app, and where I want it. That's not a static thing. I use rcmd as well, but I usually like to keep the app I am using in the middle of the screen. Perhaps with something on the side (since I have a large 4K) as there's plenty room for it.

Yeah but, have you seen a French cleat storage system?

I’m at a point where my preferred arrangements are pretty static. Either full screen, split in half, or one window on left and two others top/bottom on the right. Some apps on MacOS have opinionated minimum window sizes that can obscure parts of the GUI so in a pinch top or bottom half sizes become necessary. At this point it seems warranted for me to disclose that I too use rcmd.

A setup allowing me to shuffle across these arrangements and automatically place new windows according to them would be nice. I think it’s possible with tools like Aerospace but I never felt the drive to try it out until I saw those French cleats!

Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by kreako »

p2hari wrote: post #51

I have been using Loop( https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop ) after trying some of the alternatives listed here and wanted to post that as it was not mentioned. It is something that solves what I was looking for in window management on macos and just putting it out here :).

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Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by reddit_clone »

hamasho wrote: post #17

I used to be a heavy user of i3. It's very flexible and configurable, and you can do much more than just moving windows. But after I switched to Mac, I couldn't find a tiling window manager that was both feature-rich and stable. After trying several options, I just use Rectangle[1]. It's not a window manager; it only provides shortcuts for window placements like simply moving windows to left/right/top/bottom or split…

Yep. Another long time rectangle user. I use multiple desktops (Spaces) and arrange windows ( browser window, emacs frame, iterm widow) for each task.

This makes context switching bearable when working on several things.

Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by hamasho »

ffsm8 wrote: post #86
dewey wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> feel the urge to come up with frequently wrong tidbits Isn’t that a very subjective and personal preference. Why do you feel people’s reasons are not valid? You don’t have to convince everyone.

Well, the hamasho strongly implied with his comment that i3 needs a lot of configuration to be a good window manager, which he isn't willing to maintain as he grows older and wants to spend less time with the OS. That implication is what's wrong, while his subjective experience of "I prefer Mac OSX" is obviously not wrong, the reason he's citing just don't hold up to critical analysis, hence my own statement that I w…

"It wasn't my intention. i3 works well with the default config, except the keybindings for moving are jkl; instead of hjkl, but I customized it extensively. I'm not an 'apple enthusiast' (I used Arch on Macbook btw). I know it lacks so many thing and it was frustrating. I'm not intended to criticize Linux; I've just gotten used to macOS.

Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by mgrandl »

autrilla wrote: post #85
mgrandl wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also I am wondering if you could estimate how difficult it would be to implement something like Niri? I much prefer the scrolling style tiling, but none of the MacOS WMs seem to be going that route (other than PaperWM.spoon which is not for me).

https://github.com/karinushka/paneru does that

Interesting, thanks for sharing. My only concern is that it seems to use native MacOS workspaces which Aerospsace and Rift actively avoid. MacOS workspaces are hell to deal with, so I don't think this is for me.

Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by sgt »

tolerance wrote: post #114
sgt wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Never understood this.. Window arrangements depends on what I'm doing inside those app, and where I want it. That's not a static thing. I use rcmd as well, but I usually like to keep the app I am using in the middle of the screen. Perhaps with something on the side (since I have a large 4K) as there's plenty room for it.

Yeah but, have you seen a French cleat storage system? I’m at a point where my preferred arrangements are pretty static. Either full screen, split in half, or one window on left and two others top/bottom on the right. Some apps on MacOS have opinionated minimum window sizes that can obscure parts of the GUI so in a pinch top or bottom half sizes become necessary. At this point it seems warranted for me to disclose th…

I love french cleats, I use it in my garage workshop. But... yeah I'll give it a chance.

Re: Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by jmpz »

dawnerd wrote: post #103
hamasho wrote: post #17

I used to be a heavy user of i3. It's very flexible and configurable, and you can do much more than just moving windows. But after I switched to Mac, I couldn't find a tiling window manager that was both feature-rich and stable. After trying several options, I just use Rectangle[1]. It's not a window manager; it only provides shortcuts for window placements like simply moving windows to left/right/top/bottom or split…

One thing rectangle does that I absolutely love is todo mode. I don’t actually use it for todo but having a windows set to always be visible and have the full window shortcut adjust based on that, cheffkiss.

Had to look this up : https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle/wiki/Todo-Mode Interesting!
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