On 05/02/14 20:27, Davide Andreoli wrote: > 2014-02-05 Michael Blumenkrantz <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com>: > >> On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:01:42 +0000 >> Tom Hacohen <tom.haco...@samsung.com> wrote: >> >>> On 17/01/14 14:38, Tom Hacohen wrote: >>>> Hey guys, >>>> >>>> I've been writing a new tiling module for enlightenment, which I think >>>> is an improvement over the current one. I've based it on the current >>>> tiling module (thanks a lot billiob!), but redesigned some of the >>>> internals and the behaviour. I like the result and would like to share >>>> it here and see what you guys think. >>>> >>>> TL;DR: It's e19 based, get it from the devs/tasn/e19_tiling2 branch on >>>> enlightenment.git >>>> >>>> I currently use it, so it's stable enough for that, but there might >>>> still be bugs. It's e19 so you need latest elementary and watch out for >>>> all of the things you need to watch out for if you are upgrading from >> e18. >>>> >>>> So what does the module do? >>>> It's a tree-based tiling module, which means you can tile whatever and >>>> wherever. When you create a window, it splits the currently focused >>>> window according to the tile mode (can be toggled via key bindings). So >>>> for example: >>>> 'O' will become '8' if you split vertically and 'OO' if you split >>>> horizontally. >>>> >>>> You can also swap windows using key bindings. Swapping is directional, >>>> so you can only swap windows that share a border with the key bindings >>>> (might add another swap mode in the future). >>>> >>>> You can also toggle a window's floating state (either from the border >>>> menu or a key binding) which will make a window float over the tiled >>>> windows (behave like e would normally treat a window). >>>> >>>> It shares the config with the tiling v1.0 module which is probably a >> bad >>>> thing, but just makes it easier for new people to start using it. While >>>> tiling v2.0 can load tiling v1.0 config, making changes might reset >> some >>>> of the v1.0 config values when you switch back (hopefully never). >>>> >>>> Please let me know if you encounter any issues or have any suggestions. >>>> >>>> Many thanks to billiob for writing Tiling v1.0 and zmike for e related >>>> advice. >>>> >>>> What doesn't work: >>>> * Everything is not centred when using "don't show window borders" mode >>>> (thanks to cippp for reporting). >>>> * Live loading of the module - You'd have to recreate the windows for >>>> the tiling module to "catch them". (Should be easy to fix, will fix >> soon). >>>> * E restarts: the windows will be re-tiled :( and sometimes wouldn't be >>>> "caught". The former issue is annoying to fix, the latter is easy and >>>> will be fixed along with the live loading issue. >>>> * You can't "live change" the "show border" option. You'd need to >>>> recreate the windows (super easy to fix, will do soon). >>>> * Moving a window from an untiled desktop to a tiled desktop doesn't >>>> work. You'd need to disable/enable floating in order to refresh it >> (easy >>>> to fix, found out while writing this email). >>>> * Some resizing cases have visual artefacts that solve themselves when >>>> resizing ends. >>>> * Minimum/maximum size of windows is ignored. - I don't know what's the >>>> best way to handle that. Awesome just closes the window if it can't fit >>>> it, I just ignore it. I could potentially make it floating if I can't >>>> fit it, but I'd rather just ignore the size hints. Ideas are welcome. >>>> * Code clean-ups and log clean-ups. Both are a mess as I was hacking >>>> while learning the code. >>> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> I have a few updates regarding Tiling2: >>> >>> Due to popular demand, the module is now external and in it's own repo. >>> You can now easily compile it with your existing e19. It's still e19 >>> only, no e18 support. >>> Get it from: >>> https://git.enlightenment.org/devs/tasn/e19_tiling2.git/ >>> >>> A lot has been done since I've started it. There's now a documentation >>> page on phab that lists what's there, what's not and how to use: >>> https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/emodules/tiling2/ >> >> it would be nice if you added some screenshots to this. >> > > indeed, screenshots would be nice, and please (if you feel comfortable) > add yourself as the maintainer in the first line of the page, so we can > have someone to blame when the module is not updated anymore. > You should also add the module on the w/emodules/ page in the "Other > Gadgets" section.
Added myself as the maintainer, but didn't add Tiling2 to that page, as it's not a gadget, it's a module. -- Tom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
