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There is also ShiftIt <https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt> https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt>, although I haven't tried it yet. The functionality of TylerWM

There is also ShiftIt <https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt> https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt>, although I haven't tried it yet. The functionality of TylerWM seems quite simple. I wonder wether there is any Open Source clone of it.

preek 15y ago
ShiftIt is no WM. See my previous answer: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3624771 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3624771
masklinn 15y ago
From what I can see, ShiftIt is like divvy, a tiling application: you open the application then manually tile it to the screen (and if you have no space left, you have to make it… again manually). TylerWM is a "true" window manager, it takes care of laying out the windows automatically on its own (based on your settings).
nileshk 15y ago
While it's not quite the same as TylerWM, ShiftIt works great and I've been using it for years. I am actually using my own fork of ShiftIt, where I added being the ability to resize windows to various percentages of the screen: https://github.com/nileshk/shiftit https://github.com/nileshk/shiftit Though my fork is off of an older version of ShiftIt (the original from Google Code), and also pretty specific to my preferences, so I'd recommend checking out the official one first. I really need to update my fork with the latest changes from the official fork, because they added things like definable keyboard shortcuts. TylerWM looks more like what I really want, as it appears to be more like the tiling window managers you see in Linux, where it dynamically rearranges all the windows on the screen. Also, I've tried Divvy (not open source) and like it, and you can accomplish the "percentages" thing really easily with it, but ShiftIt has been more reliable for me, so I've stuck with it. Edit: This was also mentioned in this thread and looks pretty compelling: https://github.com/jigish/slate https://github.com/jigish/slate
- sofuture 15y ago
  Hi, I use your fork of ShiftIt. It's great. So, thanks! I keep meaning to spend some time making it a little more automatic ala XMonad/TylerWM. One of these days...
niels_bom 15y ago
ShifIt does not currently support multiple monitors, as far as I know.
- anonymoushn 15y ago
  BetterTouchTool does this. For me, new terminal -> move to next monitor -> tile on left half of screen is cmd+N alt+B alt+left.
slmbrhrt 15y ago
I use shiftit because I miss awesomewm since my work machine is a Mac now. Shiftit is fantastic.
anonymoushn 15y ago
I tried ShiftIt a long time ago but ended up using BetterTouchTool instead. I could definitely go for a good automatic tiler, though. I miss Awesome.

preek 15y ago

ShiftIt is no WM. See my previous answer: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3624771 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3624771

masklinn 15y ago

From what I can see, ShiftIt is like divvy, a tiling application: you open the application then manually tile it to the screen (and if you have no space left, you have to make it… again manually). TylerWM is a "true" window manager, it takes care of laying out the windows automatically on its own (based on your settings).

nileshk 15y ago

While it's not quite the same as TylerWM, ShiftIt works great and I've been using it for years. I am actually using my own fork of ShiftIt, where I added being the ability to resize windows to various percentages of the screen: https://github.com/nileshk/shiftit https://github.com/nileshk/shiftit Though my fork is off of an older version of ShiftIt (the original from Google Code), and also pretty specific to my preferences, so I'd recommend checking out the official one first. I really need to update my fork with the latest changes from the official fork, because they added things like definable keyboard shortcuts. TylerWM looks more like what I really want, as it appears to be more like the tiling window managers you see in Linux, where it dynamically rearranges all the windows on the screen. Also, I've tried Divvy (not open source) and like it, and you can accomplish the "percentages" thing really easily with it, but ShiftIt has been more reliable for me, so I've stuck with it. Edit: This was also mentioned in this thread and looks pretty compelling: https://github.com/jigish/slate https://github.com/jigish/slate

sofuture 15y ago
Hi, I use your fork of ShiftIt. It's great. So, thanks! I keep meaning to spend some time making it a little more automatic ala XMonad/TylerWM. One of these days...

niels_bom 15y ago

ShifIt does not currently support multiple monitors, as far as I know.

anonymoushn 15y ago
BetterTouchTool does this. For me, new terminal -> move to next monitor -> tile on left half of screen is cmd+N alt+B alt+left.

slmbrhrt 15y ago

I use shiftit because I miss awesomewm since my work machine is a Mac now. Shiftit is fantastic.

anonymoushn 15y ago

I tried ShiftIt a long time ago but ended up using BetterTouchTool instead. I could definitely go for a good automatic tiler, though. I miss Awesome.