[openbox] tiling with openbox

Łukasz Grabowski graboluk at gmail.com
Fri Sep 23 08:07:25 EDT 2016


On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 23:38:59 +0300
TT <turkuting at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> thank you for this beautiful script.
> the way i see it it isn't even openbox-specific!
> however, my question was:

Could we see the script in question? I like the feature of the
separating line depending on the position of the cursor very much...

Best,
Łukasz


> 
>  >>  I am searching for good examples of manual tiling that can be   
> achieved with openbox only, as far as possible.
> 
> i was thinking esp. the new "If" Action might open many new 
> possibilities to do some semimanual tiling with openbox only.
> i tried to use "If" once or twice but soon got lost in the depths of
> the xml tree...
> 
> so, the question remains:
> what can be achieved with openbox only?
> 
> 
> On 23/06/16 23:10, Antoine Vigouroux wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using a custom script to tile my windows, and I'm pretty happy 
> > with it at the moment. I put the script as an attachment because it
> > is not on GitHub, and I could never find time to write a proper 
> > documentation... When it is executed, it tiles the windows so the 
> > central separation line is at the level of the cursor. You can also 
> > use the -c option to have a centered tiling (that's useful for 
> > keybindings).
> >
> > Here is what I have in my config file to start it, so when I click 
> > while pressing Control the windows get tiled:
> >
> > <mousebind action="Press" button="C-Right">
> >         <action name="Execute">
> > <command>/home/antoine/Python/Tuile/tuile.py</command>
> >         </action>
> > </mousebind>
> >
> > Hope it helps!
> >
> > Antoine  
> 
> 



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