On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:01:42 +0000 Tom Hacohen <[email protected]> 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. > > Only thing that I still need to do before considering it "1.0" is > finding a way to easily promote/demote. I still haven't found a proper > UX way of doing it. By that I mean, moving items up/down the tiling > tree. If you have an idea, please let me know. > > -- > Tom. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
