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seninha
Long time nixers
I use some wmutils to complement the wm I'm writing.
At first, my wm didn't support window moving and resizing with the mouse, so I used wmutils' xmmv and xmrs in order to do it (I think tudurom's windowchef followed this same path). Now that I have implemented them, I use the non-mouse counterparts of those programs: wmv and wrs for key binding.

In a later moment, I think in get rid of my wm and go full wmutils, but I still heavily depend on EWMH hints, so having a wm behind the scenes is very useful. And also there are some features that I really want and that would be hard to implement with wmutils, features which induced me to write a window manager: mainly smart-placing of windows when opening them. I think glazier does something alike by placing new windows below the cursor, but I wanted something that places new windows in a blank area on the screen, where there are no (or few) window.

I am, however, very interested in how people implement window tiling with wmutils, considering the variables such as:
• changing tiling layout
• monitor boundaries
• tiling in different workspaces/groups
• whether window state can switch between floating and tiling, and whether to keep track of its status and position
• and whether the script auto-tiles windows when changing workspace/group or opening/closing a window.


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wmutils tricks and tips - by z3bra - 29-08-2015, 05:53 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by Wildefyr - 29-08-2015, 09:33 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by dkeg - 29-08-2015, 06:28 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by z3bra - 31-08-2015, 05:14 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by dkeg - 31-08-2015, 10:38 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by Wildefyr - 14-09-2015, 01:55 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by pranomostro - 14-09-2015, 08:11 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by dkeg - 14-09-2015, 08:19 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by pranomostro - 15-09-2015, 08:01 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by sagittarius - 15-06-2016, 03:58 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by pranomostro - 15-06-2016, 06:20 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by xero - 15-06-2016, 06:56 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by sagittarius - 15-06-2016, 07:06 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by lemons - 21-07-2016, 01:55 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by NetherOrb - 25-11-2016, 02:51 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by z3bra - 25-11-2016, 03:29 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by pfr - 24-08-2020, 09:43 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by seninha - 24-08-2020, 10:29 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by z3bra - 25-08-2020, 09:14 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by seninha - 25-08-2020, 01:53 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by z3bra - 26-08-2020, 03:25 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by pfr - 06-09-2020, 11:34 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by z3bra - 07-09-2020, 04:49 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by humky - 13-12-2021, 07:55 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by z3bra - 14-12-2021, 01:59 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by pfr - 08-02-2022, 10:04 PM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by z3bra - 09-02-2022, 07:22 AM
RE: wmutils tricks and tips - by pfr - 13-06-2023, 09:31 PM