subtle - another tiling window manager

melw · 2012-05-16 23:23:23

Was just wondering about something i thought of today when i was making some minor changes in my config.

First i'll make alittle example of the subtle.rb....

grab "W-Return",  "urxvt -name ncmpcpp -e ncmpcpp"

tag "ncmpcpp" do
match instance: "ncmpcpp"
gravity :fullscreen
end

Well, this is simple. Press Windows-key and Return to open ncmpcpp in an urxvt terminal.

But here's my problem.
What if i want to use some option for ncmpcpp? Like if i want to use another config file, wich i'm simply doing by typing ncmpcpp -c <path> in a terminal, but how am i doing it in the subtle config file? Guess it's a simple solution, but my brain got stuck on this one for tonight (working for 12 hours and spent 8 hours writing stuff makes me.... stupid. Even my english is bad at the moment)

Havn't found a need for it yet, but just for the fun of knowing and learning.

chippoke · 2012-06-19 18:23:43

I dont think this would be the most proper solution but writing a script and executing it with urxvt -c script should work.

chamber · 2012-06-23 14:42:00

Hello unexist if you are monitoring.

I has an issue this morning when I updated subtle from 0.10.3008-4 to 0.11.3224-1 it gave me the error failed to execute log in command after entering username and password in slim.

Downgrading allowed me to log back in. Should I file a bug or would you like any more info?

anonymous_user · 2012-06-23 22:58:23

Does it work without slim (i.e. just startx)?

chamber · 2012-06-23 23:05:46

Didn't have a chance to test. Will try tomorrow and see.

chamber · 2012-06-25 21:28:56

Ok. Startx didn't work but I think that the issue is my config. Reading through the news on the subtle homepage I'm using some older syntax. Will modify this and do some testing later this week.

A teething 5 month old means this isn't really a priority.

chamber · 2012-06-26 16:37:34

And it's working again.

Putting this down to my own stupidity and lack of sleep again.

anonymous_user · 2012-06-26 16:42:39

edit: Sorry wrong thread

Last edited by anonymous_user (2012-06-26 16:43:04)

suborbital · 2012-07-05 09:26:34

hi unexist, when you have a chance can you take a look at the output below, been dealing with an issue with the notify sublet, idk if its my lack of competence in setting the config or missing a package:

<WARNING> NoMethodError: undefined 'write' for #<Sublext::Window:0x00000002271af8>
	from ~/.local/share/sublets/notify.rb:754:in 'block in (2 levels) in <main>'
       "			            ":753:in 'each index'
       "				    ":753:in 'block in <main>'

#notify.rb
# Write each message and calculate window width
753    s.dbus.messages.each_index do |i|
754      size    = s.win.write(2, height + s.font_y, s.dbus.messages[i].summary[0..50])


#config
  sublet :notify do
    interval      60
    foreground    "#eeeeee"
    background    "#000000"
    highlight     "#6090d1"
    font        "-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
#    font        "-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
  end

unexist · 2012-07-10 16:59:03

suborbital wrote:

hi unexist, when you have a chance can you take a look at the output below, been dealing with an issue with the notify sublet, idk if its my lack of competence in setting the config or missing a package:

Hey,

I fixed that and added notify-0.45. Just upgrade to it and it should work again.

suborbital · 2012-07-11 06:45:49

unexist wrote:

pauldonnelly wrote:
I believe "subtile" is an archaic spelling of "subtle". So it's pretty much the same word.
'subtile' sounds more like the German meaning of it.

works like buttah, thanks unexist

unexist · 2012-07-11 10:06:00

suborbital wrote:

works like buttah, thanks unexist

You are welcome, I also fixed the placement issue with the sublet window but that requires r3226.

Thom · 2012-07-19 08:34:01

Hi !

I totaly fall in love with Subtle mechanics. Thanks for what you've done there.

I'm using a dual-head and I would know if it's possible to have some application using the two screen (for pictures) ?

--------------------------------------------------------

I try to make the second screen "independant" from the first.

Is it possible to have somethink like :

# Screens {{{
screen 1 do
  stipple false
  top     [:views1]
  bottom  []
  view    1
end

screen 2 do
  stipple false
  top     [:views2]
  bottom  []
  view    0
end

# == Views {{{
#
view1 "term" do
  match    "terms|default"
end

view1 "web" do
  match    "browser"
end

view2 "media" do
  match    "media"
end

view2 "work" do
  match    "gimp*|office"
end

Last edited by Thom (2012-07-19 09:28:15)

unexist · 2012-07-19 12:04:53

Thom wrote:

I totaly fall in love with Subtle mechanics. Thanks for what you've done there.

Glad to hear and you are welcome.

Thom wrote:

I'm using a dual-head and I would know if it's possible to have some application using the two screen (for pictures) ?

Use the zaphod option for this, it spans the windows across all screens. W-= toggles that in the default config and you can use 'zaphod true' in a tag as well.

Thom wrote:

I try to make the second screen "independant" from the first.

Currently this isn't possible but you can add a feature request on subforge, you are the second one asking for that within two weeks.

xangelux · 2012-08-07 07:13:53

Hi, I'm starting to use Subtle and I'm liking it, I'm starting to configure all the basics and I have an issue with the grabs. I'm trying to get XF86AudioRiseVolume to run the command for rising the volume via alsamixer with the grab:

grab "XF86AudioLowerVolume", "amixer set Master 5%-"

I did it with mute and it works but it doesn't work with rise/lower volume, my guess is the % or the + or - symbols are getting in the way but I don't know how. Is there something I'm missing?, I have done the key naming as the wiki says (the mute grab does work)

Earnestly · 2012-08-07 08:43:05

"amixer set Master 5%- unmute"
"amixer set Master 5%+ unmute"

Last edited by Earnestly (2012-08-07 08:43:50)

xangelux · 2012-08-07 15:01:44

Kaustic wrote:

"amixer set Master 5%- unmute"
"amixer set Master 5%+ unmute"

Thanks for the reply but It doesn't work, I have used the command on a terminal and mine works ok, the grab is what is not working

xangelux · 2012-08-07 18:06:36

xangelux wrote:

Kaustic wrote:
"amixer set Master 5%- unmute"
"amixer set Master 5%+ unmute"
Thanks for the reply but It doesn't work, I have used the command on a terminal and mine works ok, the grab is what is not working

Everything works now, in the freenode chat the good guys helped me, there was a stupidity factor there

murr4y · 2012-08-19 12:48:54

I installed some sublets but not all of them want to show up.
The battery sublet works fine and I'm also able to see the nm-applet.
But I can't see gmail, notify and volume. I put them all under screen, tried if they show up in a seperate bottom bar but nothing.
I think volume and notify should work right away; I also configured the gmail sublet.
Am I missing something? They're all listed under "sur list"

irtigor · 2012-08-22 14:50:44

Volume: http://subforge.org/ezfaq/show/subtle?faq_id=27
Notify: should work if no other notification daemon is running (like xfce4-notifyd or dunst).

xangelux · 2012-08-22 19:12:50

Hi, I've installed the volume sublet and it works but there is a bug, I have some grabs binded to my volume controls, when I use them to change the volume level the volume sublet doesn't update until I interact with it (change volume again using the mouse over the sublet or mute or unmute).

For the notify sublet, how can I know which notification system is running so I can shut it down in order to get it working, I have used ps -a | grep notify and doesn't say any.

cippaciong · 2012-09-28 13:59:15

@ unexist
Hi, seems like subtle FAQ web page has some problems, it gives a 500 internal error when trying to open it.

ksevelyar · 2012-12-28 18:57:45

When switching to tag www (default config), Firefox appears with a lag.

For a couple of moments I see wallpaper only, and then Firefox starts.

1. W+3
2. wallpaper
3. After ~0.3 second
4. Firefox

Xmonad had no lag like that. Is it possible to solve this?

If launching google-chrome/gvim, there is no lag in switching to them.

gtx570 + nvidia 310.19-2 + subtle 0.11.3224-1 + firefox 17.0.1-1

pielgrzym · 2012-12-29 01:38:01

Nevermind - this was probably cairo 1.12 being nasty again. Downgraded to 1.10 and gvim runs smoothly.

I got a similar slow refresh problem on Nvidia crap too - but it affects gvim when switching from multiple terminal windows to a view with gvim. I've already tried using nvidia-beta, some urxvt flavors with patches and removing all bells and whistles from .Xdefaults. It's not a consistent behavior - sometime the redraw is fast, sometimes it redraws quickly only the space between the gaps and space previously occupied by urxvt windows is blank.

Last edited by pielgrzym (2012-12-29 02:18:20)

ksevelyar · 2012-12-29 09:08:11

Can anyone share working scratchpad snippet, please?

http://subforge.org/projects/subtle/wik … Scratchpad do nothing for me (tested with 0.11.3238 | 0.11.3224-1).

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