You are not logged in.
First, I am so sorry because I know this has been the subject of many thread. Still my question is pretty precise ...
What would be the best window manager to use if I need some tiling functionality within a floating desktop environment ? Or alternatively what would be the best tiling wm if I really want a floating workspace.
I have minimum needs. Most of the time I just want to see everything in stack fullscreen. But I really prefer tiling with terminals and emacs (specially when I use the speedbar).
I have been using xmonad for a while. I know I can tile window individually. I don't really know if xmonad supports floating the whole workspace because well ... I have been unable to register/unregister xmonad components after the latest ghc upgrade (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=69681). From that point, I have decided to drop xmonad ...
So my needs are:
- minimum
- prefer a simple wm such as Openbox to a massive desktop environment
- no need for complicated tiling algorithms
- need for simple tiling per workspace
- most applications I use work better in a floating workspace
Hope I did not bother to many people with yet another tiling window manager thread.
Thanks
Offline
Offline
Well I have tried to install stiler with yaourt and I have had a git timeout. I will try to download the script myself and use it but this is indeed a poor solution ...
Offline
I was thinking about this recently. If you are still willing to give Xmonad another shot you can use my temporary solution of uninstalling xmonad and installing xmonad-darcs and xmonad-contrib-darcs from the aur.
Xmonad has XMonad.Layout.SimpleFloat which might be good enough for what you're after, if you set it as the default layout.
Offline
Thanks HaskBox,
Does it work with the haskell-x11-darcs or the haskell-x11 ? I have an error while removing and trying to re-installing xmonad-darcs:
At least the following dependencies are missing:
X11 >=1.4.3
Well ...
Offline
you might also want to try musca or ratpoison or stumpwm.
Musca, by default, gives you a stacking frames and you can then tile certain frames manually by simply hitting Mod+h for horizontal and Mod+v for vertical tiles.
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
Offline
Well I have tried to install stiler with yaourt and I have had a git timeout. I will try to download the script myself and use it but this is indeed a poor solution ...
i agree that stiler will suit you're needs. you can download the version i use if you'd like. it's one of the earlier versions w/o all the added features (filtering, ctrl+H/V, etc) that i don't use. just adjust the paddings in the top section and try it out with `./manage.py simple`.
//github/
Offline
Ion3 fully supports floating windows if you desire it. I sometimes used it for gimp but i have learned that esp. for gimp a fixed tiling layout is better
here the aur link: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=ion-3
--Marenz
Last edited by Marenz (2009-04-23 23:46:01)
Offline
Ion sounded like it has everything I want, but the author just seems so pretentious I refuse to support his work.
Offline
Another option, apart from stiler is wumwum. Its in AUR. See if that works for you
Last edited by Inxsible (2009-04-24 02:26:48)
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
Offline
I'd recommend WMII. It's mainly a tiling WM but it also handles floating windows well.
To change a window from floating to tiling mode you just have to press MOD+shift+space
Have a look at the wiki page
Offline
PierreR wrote:Well I have tried to install stiler with yaourt and I have had a git timeout. I will try to download the script myself and use it but this is indeed a poor solution ...
i agree that stiler will suit you're needs. you can download the version i use if you'd like. it's one of the earlier versions w/o all the added features (filtering, ctrl+H/V, etc) that i don't use. just adjust the paddings in the top section and try it out with `./manage.py simple`.
I haven't added any of those extra features to main branch, mainly because i like to keep it simple just like you said. They are in a separate branch named "grid" which has dual monitor support, grid layout, filtering etc.
Offline
brisbin33 wrote:PierreR wrote:Well I have tried to install stiler with yaourt and I have had a git timeout. I will try to download the script myself and use it but this is indeed a poor solution ...
i agree that stiler will suit you're needs. you can download the version i use if you'd like. it's one of the earlier versions w/o all the added features (filtering, ctrl+H/V, etc) that i don't use. just adjust the paddings in the top section and try it out with `./manage.py simple`.
I haven't added any of those extra features to main branch, mainly because i like to keep it simple just like you said. They are in a separate branch named "grid" which has dual monitor support, grid layout, filtering etc.
oh i see, sorry to misrepresent; i tried to download your main branch a few times to "update" but it never worked so always went back to my manage.py that was copied out of the forum thread way back when.
//github/
Offline