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AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by Jaywalker9988 »

irth wrote: post #146
Jaywalker9988 wrote: post #138

Nice!! I'm going to have to play with this. Now what I really want to see, and I'm surprised doesn't exist, is an addon for or replacement to Spotlight that works like dmenu in that I can write scripts which use it for input like: printf 'one\ntwo\nthree' | dmenu -l 3 -p "Which one? " I use that in so many scripts on my main machines and would love to share them with macOS folks. I'm really surprised its not in somet…

There's a clone of dmenu - https://github.com/oNaiPs/dmenu-mac , but it doesn't integrate with Spotlight or similar.

Yeah, Ive seen that, but it would be a hard sell getting macOS guys to run that and replace the spotlight keybind with that entirely. I tend to agree with them too.. I just would like to see Spotlight have the ability to do dmenu scripting stuff. There's no reason it couldn't except lack of vision.

I honestly think Apple would be half keen to do it themselves, they just probably haven't seen the idea to steal it yet

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by irth »

Jaywalker9988 wrote: post #161
irth wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a clone of dmenu - https://github.com/oNaiPs/dmenu-mac , but it doesn't integrate with Spotlight or similar.

Yeah, Ive seen that, but it would be a hard sell getting macOS guys to run that and replace the spotlight keybind with that entirely. I tend to agree with them too.. I just would like to see Spotlight have the ability to do dmenu scripting stuff. There's no reason it couldn't except lack of vision. I honestly think Apple would be half keen to do it themselves, they just probably haven't seen the idea to steal it yet

I implemented something like this as a Raycast extension[0]. Demo attached[1].

[0] https://github.com/irth/dmenu_raycast

[1] https://akko-cdn.hackrc.dev/media/e34cdc7683fece5260124ef47c...

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by j45 »

woleium wrote: post #110
xyst wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The days of “it just works” is long gone.

but we have come a long way from “most applications crash if not the system hangs” (or macintosh as it’s known for short)

It does just work. On windows.

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by i-am-a-fnord »

filereaper wrote: post #109

I use AutoFocus which gives focus-follows-mouse with AeroSpace and its a good enough replacement for i3wm. Extremely thankful for both projects. https://github.com/synappser/AutoFocus

There's also https://github.com/sbmpost/AutoRaise which is open source. AutoFocus seems like a proprietary clone in beta that will eventually become paid.

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by i-am-a-fnord »

meter wrote: post #24

I’ve been using this for the past few months, and for the most part, I like it. I appreciate that it’s all configured with a single file (no GUI). One issue: If an app uses native Mac tabs, Aerospace treats each tab as a window, which completely breaks the full screen functionality. Alacritty is one example. It’s really odd. Edit: there’s an open issue for this: https://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace/issues/68

Yabai suffers from the same problem, so far the creator hasn't been able to fix it.

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by incanus77 »

darksaints wrote: post #56

Somewhat on subject: does anybody feel like the macos-style application menu that is disconnected from the application window has outlived its welcome? I feel like apple gets so much right from a UX perspective, but in a world of multi-monitor setups and common cross application workflows, I find it absolutely bizarre that I might have to scroll across 2+ monitors to get to a dropdown menu for an application that I'm…

You may like the Menuwhere application, then. You can setup a hotkey on it, too.

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by gray_-_wolf »

positus wrote: post #149
happymellon wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely agree with this take. No matter how sophisticated these Mac Window Managers get, MacOS will always mess with the windows because it knows better than you. That's why people buy Macs, and it's not going to change. If you don't like this, then you actually don't like Macs. It's opinionated, and it's opinions do not match yours. I would have liked window snapping, but instead we have 1/2 baked split screen vi…

I buy computers that run macOS for a couple reasons: - it’s generally smooth and stable from a UI standpoint - it has mostly sane defaults - it has great font rendering - the video and audio subsystems are rock solid - it has access to every development tool I need daily via homebrew It seems like there are generally two perspectives: - “I shouldn’t have to change the way I want to do things” - “I don’t mind changing…

The problems is that I will still use linux for all my spare-time computing, so obviously I would like the experience to be as same as possible.

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by filereaper »

i-am-a-fnord wrote: post #164
filereaper wrote: post #109

I use AutoFocus which gives focus-follows-mouse with AeroSpace and its a good enough replacement for i3wm. Extremely thankful for both projects. https://github.com/synappser/AutoFocus

There's also https://github.com/sbmpost/AutoRaise which is open source. AutoFocus seems like a proprietary clone in beta that will eventually become paid.

Oh awesome, thank you for suggesting this. Will swap out AutoFocus for AutoRaise.

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by happymellon »

positus wrote: post #149
happymellon wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely agree with this take. No matter how sophisticated these Mac Window Managers get, MacOS will always mess with the windows because it knows better than you. That's why people buy Macs, and it's not going to change. If you don't like this, then you actually don't like Macs. It's opinionated, and it's opinions do not match yours. I would have liked window snapping, but instead we have 1/2 baked split screen vi…

I buy computers that run macOS for a couple reasons: - it’s generally smooth and stable from a UI standpoint - it has mostly sane defaults - it has great font rendering - the video and audio subsystems are rock solid - it has access to every development tool I need daily via homebrew It seems like there are generally two perspectives: - “I shouldn’t have to change the way I want to do things” - “I don’t mind changing…

> When this developer thinks about a hostile OS, Windows 11 is rhe first thing that comes to mind.

Why bring up whataboutism? I honestly don't care that Windows is also hostile. It also has the worst implementation of virtual desktops. What has that got to do with MacOS also being generally terrible.

The rest of your comment adds nothing, as it just repeats what I said.

Re: AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

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Post by vehemenz »

randomblast wrote: post #55

I used i3 for a few years when my main dev machine was Linux. I too am frustrated by the macOS builtin WM's shortcomings. Initial feedback on AeroSpace though: it's utter shite. I started it when I already had my usual number (many) of windows open across my usual number of spaces (lots) on my usual number of displays (3). First it spent 30 seconds trying to give me a seizure, and when it had finished I'm left with a…

Don't give up. I had the exact same issue when AeroSpace when I first used it, but I gave it another chance because of my constant frustrations with Amethyst. The commands do what they're supposed to, but unless you read the documentation carefully, your expectations will be different.
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