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Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Post by khirviko » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 12:59 PM UTC

Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript
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Re: Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Post by lrusnac » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 1:14 PM UTC

what is the difference with slate [1]?

[1] https://github.com/mattr-/slate

Re: Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Post by khirviko » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 1:37 PM UTC

@lrusnac Both have similar goals. I would say the main difference is that Phoenix focuses to be lightweight, is more versatile and has a broader JavaScript API. You can also easily use CoffeeScript as the language for your configuration.

Re: Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Post by peternicky » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 2:44 AM UTC

Nice work however it seems to be difficult to configure. I spent over an hour this afternoon trying to setup the application with no luck.

tried using example configs from your wiki but none worked. I'd suggest providing a basic default file rather than linking to users' examples.

Re: Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Post by luckman212 » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 2:49 AM UTC

Hammerspoon is another one worth mentioning, uses Lua:

https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

Re: Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Post by khirviko » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 6:55 AM UTC

peternicky wrote: post #4

Nice work however it seems to be difficult to configure. I spent over an hour this afternoon trying to setup the application with no luck. tried using example configs from your wiki but none worked. I'd suggest providing a basic default file rather than linking to users' examples.

Hi! Fair point, unfortunately the new release has some API changes and most of the examples in the Wiki haven’t caught up yet.

I have been thinking of providing a template, but then again people have very different ideas on what they want, so it’s hard to know what the default configuration should be.

Re: Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Post by khirviko » Wed, Jul 13, 2016, 6:56 AM UTC

luckman212 wrote: post #5

Hammerspoon is another one worth mentioning, uses Lua: https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

Definitely, everyone has their favourites! Obviously it’s a preference whether you like Lua or not. :)

Re: Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript

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Post by khirviko » Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 9:45 AM UTC

peternicky wrote: post #4

Nice work however it seems to be difficult to configure. I spent over an hour this afternoon trying to setup the application with no luck. tried using example configs from your wiki but none worked. I'd suggest providing a basic default file rather than linking to users' examples.

I updated the Wiki to reflect this! Thanks for the feedback.