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Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by tedmiston » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 10:21 AM UTC

noja wrote: post #6

On Linux and Windows I can make the current window occupy the left of the screen using Super+L, and the right side of the screen using Super+R. I rarely need more than this, in fact I find more than two or three windows distracting for most of my normal tasks.

SizeUp [1] (paid but inexpensive) does that well. They also make a version that uses cursor dragging instead of keyboard shortcuts called Cinch that I use daily. (I really wish they'd combine the two products for licensing purposes since they're 95% the same.)

1: http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/sizeup/

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by amai » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 10:23 AM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #4

See also Spectacle: https://www.spectacleapp.com/ Maybe not the most configurable but in return you get something that works out of the box and doesn't require you to read 38 pages of README.

See also Bettertouchtool (http://www.boastr.net/).

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by simi_ » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 10:26 AM UTC

sergiotapia wrote: post #4

See also Spectacle: https://www.spectacleapp.com/ Maybe not the most configurable but in return you get something that works out of the box and doesn't require you to read 38 pages of README.

I've used Spectacle for so long that I can't remember how it was to use OS X without it. The hotkeys are tied to my muscle memory, and don't clash with any of the stuff I care about (emacs, iTerm2, Chrome, etc).

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by AlphaSite » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 10:32 AM UTC

I've found iTerm2 2.0's built in split wind is blowing xcellent and covers 99% of the use case for this, and full screen split window covers another .9%.

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by pi-rat » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 10:37 AM UTC

Long term amethyst user here, this looks really awesome. OUt of the box i feels much more like some of the linux tiling window managers and less like a hack.

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by Saser » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 10:40 AM UTC

This looks really similar to bspwm[1] for Linux, which also uses a binary tree for window management, and also uses a daemon/client model for interaction with the window manager. bspwm is by far my favourite window manager, in any OS I have used.

[1]: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by mwill » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 10:57 AM UTC

That screenshot is OS X? Anyone got any tips to achieve a look like that? I thought OS X customisation was basically dead.

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by sergiotapia » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 11:00 AM UTC

james_eaton wrote: post #9

sergiotapia wrote: post #4

See also Spectacle: https://www.spectacleapp.com/ Maybe not the most configurable but in return you get something that works out of the box and doesn't require you to read 38 pages of README.

KWM appears to offer significantly more funcionality than Spectacle, so a longer README is perhaps justified.

Isn't that... exactly what I typed?

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by rahimnathwani » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 11:05 AM UTC

noja wrote: post #6

On Linux and Windows I can make the current window occupy the left of the screen using Super+L, and the right side of the screen using Super+R. I rarely need more than this, in fact I find more than two or three windows distracting for most of my normal tasks.

ShiftIt will do that: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt

Re: Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X

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Post by nicolapede » Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 11:09 AM UTC

noja wrote: post #6

On Linux and Windows I can make the current window occupy the left of the screen using Super+L, and the right side of the screen using Super+R. I rarely need more than this, in fact I find more than two or three windows distracting for most of my normal tasks.

In Win10 you can also do Super+U (or Super+D) after either Super+L or Super+R to move the window into the upper (lower) right or left quarter.