Re: Spatial groups concept discussion

Lucien Cartier-Tilet <[email protected]> Wed, 09 Mar 2022 18:03:14 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.window-managers.stumpwm.devel
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I really like this concept, it kind of reminds me of how newm (a
window manager and compositor for wayland) works with the addition of
what you called in your video desktops but minus the ability of
zooming in and out of a screen.

I will definitively try your module out!

> Is that truly the case, that most StumpWM users are just navigating
> between a few groups with hotkeys?

That’s the case for me, I navigate between my four groups with s-1 to
s-4 (well, not exactly due to the bépo layout, but something similar).

Russell Adams <[email protected]> writes:

> It occurred to me that the reason why the spatial concept was so
> different is that it's a method of inter-group or inter-screen
> management.
>
> Tiling is intra-screen, how we divide up a single screen to show
> multiple application windows without overlapping.
>
> Spatially organizing entire screens together is inter-screen
> management, which provides a grid of screens and a desktop analogy to
> navigate.
>
> Today the default for this is a variable list of single screens. I
> have the impression this is generally a short list, with new groups
> made for a specific purpose. However I don't think there is a method
> for organizing groups outside of that list.
>
> All the default keybinds work with a short list of groups. For example
> next group, prev group, select group from list, jump to group by
> function key. In particular C-t F# looks limited to function keys F1
> through F12.
>
> Is that truly the case, that most StumpWM users are just navigating
> between a few groups with hotkeys?
>
> Are there other methods of inter-group management or organization?
>
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