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https://github.com/seanpringle/xoat
An obstinate, asymmetric, tiling, window manager for X.
https://github.com/seanpringle/xoat
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An obstinate, asymmetric, tiling, window manager for X.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/seanpringle/xoat
- Owner: seanpringle
- Created: 2012-08-30T15:46:59.000Z (about 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-06-29T23:50:24.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-11T06:36:42.323Z (6 months ago)
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 197 KB
- Stars: 46
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
xoat
====
*X Obstinate Asymmetric Tiler*
* Designed for wide screens, including multi-head support.
* Static tiling! Just configure sizes of the three fixed tiles.
* Windows never move between tiles without user input.
* Basic EWMH to support panels and [simpleswitcher](https://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher).
* A few keyboard controls for moving, focusing, cycling, closing, and finding windows.
* Transient windows and dialogs are centered on parent, not tiled.
* Splash screens and notification popups are displayed as requested, not tiled.
* Pointer warps appropriately when keyboard controls and EWMH affect focus.
* .xoatrc or config.h for customization.
### The Layout
* Tile proportions can be adjusted.
* Layout can be flipped horizontally.
* Xrandr rotated monitor also rotates the layout (always 90 degrees, right).
* Fullscreen (no borders, above panels) windows suported normally.
* Maximized windows (with borders and panels) supported in spot 1.
* Maximized-vertically windows supportted in spot 2.
* Maximized-horizontally windows supported in spot 3.
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| | 2 | | 2 | |
| 1 | | | | 1 |
| |---------| |---------| |
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| | 3 | | 3 | |
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| | | | |
| | | 3 | 2 |
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| 1 | |-------------------|
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|-------------------| | 1 |
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| 3 | 2 | | |
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### Philosophy
* Asymmetric tiling layouts are more useful than symmetric ones.
* A master/stack layout is fine but only if the stack is itself asymmetric.
* Static tiling is more practical than dynamic tiling or floating.
* Windows moving and resizing without user input is bad.
* Having a choice of tiling layouts at run time is distracting.
* Apps that remember their size can handily be placed back in the correct tile.
* Three tiles suffice because:
* App windows are always one of four types:
1. Large work-being-done apps
2. Medium monitoring-something apps
3. Small background-chat-music apps
4. Apps people should not use ;-)
* Want more tiles? Buy more monitors!
* Keyboard controls generally preferred over the mouse, when practical.
* Faster. Muscle memory.
* Click-to-focus model preferred over focus-follows-mouse.
* CtF is harder to get wrong in all cases.
* FfM means mentally keeping track of the mouse pointer.
* Avoiding the mouse entirely should just work, and not unexpectedly affect focus.
* 60:40 is a nice ratio.
### config.h
All customization happens in config.h or .xoatrc; see in-line comments. The former is tracked, so use a local git branch or a merge tool to protect any customization.