Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
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Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
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Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#2It depends on what mouse or touchpad you have, but I find that I don't even use Command-Tab anymore. It lacks the precision of getting to exactly the right window. Launching Mission Control via touch allows me to switch to the window I need much faster.
I hear you on the maximizing thing; I ended up finding a program called Shift (http://shift-it.en.softonic.com/mac) works very well to maximize, snap a window to just the left or right half of the screen, etc. Hope that helps!
Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#3I see you found SizeUp. That's also my application of choice. But it doesn't look like you did a lot of research into the available choices, or at least didn't bother listing them. Here's but a handful, for others who are interested:
ShiftIt: https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt
TileWindows: http://www.carsten-mielke.com/tilewindows.html
Mercury Mover: http://www.heliumfoot.com/mercurymover/
... Or if you like mouse control of window placement:
MondoMouse: http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse
Zooom/2: http://coderage-software.com/zooom/index_green/index.html
Cinch: http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/
... Or if you like a bit of both keyboard and mouse:
Optimal Layout: http://most-advantageous.com/optimal-layout/
Arrange: http://www.trifle.pl/arrange.html
Divvy: http://mizage.com/divvy/
BetterTouchTool and BetterSnapTool: http://blog.boastr.net/
Flexiglass: http://www.nulana.com/flexiglass
Moom: http://manytricks.com/moom/
And throwing this one in to just show that it can get exotic:
http://infinite-labs.net/afloat/
.... I could go on. OS X does not lack for people who disagree with Apple's idea of window management. There's lots of tools out there, if you just look for them :)
Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#4TL;DR use SizeUp.
Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#5why not just run arch on your mac laptop?
Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#6It depends on what mouse or touchpad you have, but I find that I don't even use Command-Tab anymore. It lacks the precision of getting to exactly the right window. Launching Mission Control via touch allows me to switch to the window I need much faster. I hear you on the maximizing thing; I ended up finding a program called Shift ( http://shift-it.en.softonic.com/mac ) works very well to maximize, snap a window to ju…
How do you navigate Mission Control without touching the mouse? Surely it can't be easier than cmd-tab.
Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#7Is there anything like xmonad for Windows?
Edit: found [some options on wikipedia][1], but maybe you have any other sugestions.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager#3rd_party...
Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#8why not just run arch on your mac laptop?
No thunderbolt support, for one, so you can't use the beautiful 27" external monitor. The nVidia/ATI drivers on Linux aren't nearly as good, either.
Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#9I know I have -8 karma because of a Richard Stallman joke transgression, but I'll try again commenting.
I'm curious why no mention of tmux?
Personally, I've found a pretty satisfactory workspace method with:
Full screen terminal, always running tmux. This gives me tiling inside of the terminal.
Other than that, I use mainly a web browser. You can install a vim keybinding plugin for Chrome or Firefox. I generally keep that in fullscreen mode, and those are my two main windows.
It's not xmonad, but if you use mainly cli tools, there's not much difference.
Re: Customizing the Mac to behave like Xmonad
#10It depends on what mouse or touchpad you have, but I find that I don't even use Command-Tab anymore. It lacks the precision of getting to exactly the right window. Launching Mission Control via touch allows me to switch to the window I need much faster. I hear you on the maximizing thing; I ended up finding a program called Shift ( http://shift-it.en.softonic.com/mac ) works very well to maximize, snap a window to ju…
How do you navigate Mission Control without touching the mouse? Surely it can't be easier than cmd-tab.
On a MacBook, I find it pretty easy to move my hand down a couple inches to swipe between full screens, and access mission control when needed. I could see it being a problem when using a mouse, though.