On 05/02/14 19:45, Michael Blumenkrantz wrote: > 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.
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