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Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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post #17

Open-source, except for the "new framework used to make Loop's settings window", so don't expect to build from source. https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop/issues/406

As stated in the comment on GitHub, Luminare will only be accessible by sponsors. If you have financial restrictions or are not able to sponsor me, I am open to giving the you the source code. However, this is all in order to make Loop more profitable, as I have put all my free time into making it. I hope you understand :)

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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I am a big fan of Divvy (https://mizage.com/divvy/)—while both dated and paid, it has a wonderful feature of a visual tile map you can use. In all other cases I know, there are a bunch of shortcuts to make a window upper-top or something. But in many cases, it is not enough, as I need fine-grain control.

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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post #6

I have been a long term Rectangle user on Mac and a WinSplitRevolution for decades on Windows, my biggest preference as a developer is for it to be keyboard centric. I love the use of a numpad as a positional reference for the screen. Hotkey + NumPad 6 = right side of screen full Hotkey + NumPad 5 = full screen Hotkey + Numpad 1 = Bottom left Quarter Repeated presses of these cycle between Half, 3rd and Quarter This…

Loop can actually be strictly keyboard centric if you want too. It's all fully customisable. I too only use the keyboard

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's at least Witch and Contexts. https://manytricks.com/witch/ https://contexts.co/

Having tried a lot of them, Contexts is one of the best Window Switcher replacements i could find, have been using it (and Rectangle) for a long time; It’s fast, great quick search abilities, including `fn + [key]` to quick switch (acronym), etc. And it doesn't constantly get updates, it just does its thing and does it well.

I've got an annoying bug that made Contexts unusable to me. After 10-15 minutes it steals focus from the active window and then the OS will try to bring up the previous app, which means it might even switch desktops to do so.

If I quit contexts bug goes away for some time, but it returns after a while :(

Sent an email to the creator, but given the update cadence I am not holding my breath for a fix this decade.

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, what? Are all windows of an application positioned in the same layer on macOS?

Yeah, when you press ⌘ Tab, you are switching between applications (and ⌘ ` switches between windows of the applications). Super weird IMO.

Super handy! I regularly work on multiple projects at once. Have 3 phpstorm windows open, but working on project A, I can just CMD+Tab because project A is focussed. I switch between browser, terminal, editor, etc. Then, when switching to project B, I do CMD+` once in every app, and I’m done.

To me, this makes windows feel like a maze and macos feel natural.

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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post #22

I am a big fan of Divvy ( https://mizage.com/divvy/)—while both dated and paid, it has a wonderful feature of a visual tile map you can use. In all other cases I know, there are a bunch of shortcuts to make a window upper-top or something. But in many cases, it is not enough, as I need fine-grain control.

Divvy thankfully still works without issue and I love it, but when Apple drops Intel support via Rosetta it's going to be a sad day.

https://thelasso.app gets close, and adds more features (or visual clutter, imo), but still doesn't feel as quick and efficient to use when setting positions for multiple windows quickly. Divvy can be configured to stay open, and because it's always centered on each monitor, for some reason I can find it better than Lasso that opens where the mouse currently is.

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Swish is the one that solved this problem for me. Feels similar to Loop and Penc, but is primarily trackpad-driven, but also customizable with modifier keys for additional functions. I wish it had more updates, but at least its core features have worked reliably.

You don't even press the keyboard to start, but you position the mouse over the window's titlebar and just use two-finger swipes. The website's homepage does a better job demonstrating it under a minute.

https://highlyopinionated.co/swish/

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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i love that there's work on this happening -- there are a lot of projects in this space: magnet, rectangle, yabai, this one, others I've forgotten to name (sorry!)

i just can't wait until i can get tiling like i3 has on linux

stacking, tabbed, infinite auto tiling, all keyboard driven with some mouse support all things i miss on macos :(

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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post #21
post #17

Open-source, except for the "new framework used to make Loop's settings window", so don't expect to build from source. https://github.com/MrKai77/Loop/issues/406

As stated in the comment on GitHub, Luminare will only be accessible by sponsors. If you have financial restrictions or are not able to sponsor me, I am open to giving the you the source code. However, this is all in order to make Loop more profitable, as I have put all my free time into making it. I hope you understand :)

If you need to go proprietary to make enough money that's fine, but this is not open source and in particular it is not compatible with the GPLv3 license stated in the README. You have likely already given some users the right to redistribute Luminaire under GPLv3.
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