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TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

#1

Post by preek » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 12:52 PM UTC

TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX
tylerwm.com

Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

#2

Post by sheff » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:06 PM UTC

If your window tiling needs are simple, check out Spectacle ( http://spectacleapp.com/ ). Its open source as well.

Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

#3

Post by preek » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:07 PM UTC

I was just going to install a VirtualBox with XMonad, because Divvy, SizeUp and all the other window helpers in OSX just aren't enough for me anymore. While downloading Debian netinst, I stumbled upon TylerWM.

I'm trying it now and am already pretty convinced that this is close to a perfect setup. Could use a couple more shortcuts, though - like "use tyler in this workspace" and "manually manage this window".

Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

#4

Post by preek » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:09 PM UTC

sheff wrote: post #2

If your window tiling needs are simple, check out Spectacle ( http://spectacleapp.com/ ). Its open source as well.

Spectacle is nice, but it is no Window Manager. You still have to manage the windows yourself, which is a pain.

Say you have a browser and two terminals to the left, that's easily done with Spectacle or Divvy. But open a third terminal and now you have to manually rearrange three windows. With TylerWM, the tiling is done automatically.

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#5

Post by albertzeyer » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:25 PM UTC

There is also ShiftIt " rel="nofollow">https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt>, although I haven't tried it yet.

The functionality of TylerWM seems quite simple. I wonder wether there is any Open Source clone of it.

Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

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Post by preek » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:29 PM UTC

albertzeyer wrote: post #5

There is also ShiftIt " rel="nofollow">https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt> , although I haven't tried it yet. The functionality of TylerWM seems quite simple. I wonder wether there is any Open Source clone of it.

ShiftIt is no WM. See my previous answer: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3624771

Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

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Post by dabeeeenster » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:42 PM UTC

I love slate but it does take some configuring...

https://github.com/jigish/slate

Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

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Post by 5h » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:43 PM UTC

wow, the quicktime plugin installation routine in chrome is pretty horrible, then it hung for about 10 seconds. arg!

to detail:

    visit website, get yellow bar for missing plugin  
    install plugin  
    reload tab  
    browser hung for a bit  
    told plugin was out of date, clicked update  
    got sent to apple site to download new version  
    downloaded binary, uac checks etc  
    update went ahead, then asked to close all my quicktime  applications, of which chrome is now one, nope, clicked cancel.  
    advised that installation would continue but a reboot would be required  
    gave up, clicked cancel  
    informed installation was complete.

that was rather unpleasant.

Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

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Post by s1rech » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:47 PM UTC

I've looked around a bit, but I didn't find how do you configure the layouts. Is it with a config in a particular language, a la XMonad, or something else?

Re: TylerWM - a tiling window manager for OSX

#10

Post by zv » Thu, Feb 23, 2012, 1:50 PM UTC

Oh god please include the screenshots. The video won't load on my machine, because I have no QuickTime installed. Or atleast some fallback on youtube video.