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Jebususu

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Registered: 2011-02-27

Posts: 74

FluxBox; Is tiling possible?

Does anyone know of any method to achieve xmonad-esque tiling with FluxBox?

Thanks in advance!

knopwob

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From: Hannover, Germany

Registered: 2010-01-30

Posts: 239

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Re: FluxBox; Is tiling possible?

never tried it myself, but maybe PyTyle works

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domanov

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From: Italy

Registered: 2006-11-10

Posts: 45

Re: FluxBox; Is tiling possible?

I don't know exactly what you mean with "xmonad-esque tiling" since I never used xmonad. In fluxbox there are a lot of built-in (and scriptable) commands that you can combine to achieve... well, a lot, given that fluxbox is not a tiling wm.

You probably want to know something more about ResizeTo, MoveTo, ArrangeWindowsHorizontal and so on...:

man fluxbox-keys

As an example, I have the following shortucts in my .fluxbox/keys:

# this one cycles through xterms if there are any, or opens one if not
Mod4 a :If {Some Matches (xterm)} {NextWindow (xterm)} {Exec xterm -u8 -reverse}
# splits all windows side by side
Mod4 w Mod4 q :ArrangeWindowsVertical
# splits all windows from top to bottom
Mod4 w Mod4 a :ArrangeWindowsHorizontal

Further tips on google, i.e.: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-790327.html

Please update us here if you find a solution working for your needs!!

Ciao,
domanov

graph

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Registered: 2010-12-21

Posts: 105

Re: FluxBox; Is tiling possible?

I don't know the status of this project, but wumwum could be worth looking into.

Last edited by graph (2013-01-10 16:35:06)