i3wm efficient real estate
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I3ALTLAYOUT
i3altlayout helps you handle more efficiently your screen real estate in i3wm by auto-splitting windows on their longest side.
If you open 4 windows, your workspace would look
like this instead of this +-----------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ | +--------------+ +--------------+ | | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | +--------------+ | | | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | | | | | +--------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 || 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------+ +--------------+ | | +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ | +-----------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+
Installation
Install the script from pypi
$ sudo pip3 install i3altlayout
Offline installation
Either install the dependencies and copy the i3altlayout.py file:
i3ipc (python3-i3ipc on debian/fedora)
docopt (python3-docopt on debian/fedora)
Or package the pypi package:
## on online host
$ mkdir -p /tmp/i3altlayout && pip3 download -d /tmp/i3altlayout i3altlayout
## move the /tmp/i3altlayout directory to the offline host
## on offline host
$ sudo pip3 install --no-index --find-links=/tmp/i3altlayout i3altlayout
Usage
Start the script directly with i3 by adding it to your config file (usually under ~/.config/i3/config):
exec --no-startup-id "i3altlayout"
Or test it by running it from the command line (i3altlayout) and open a few windows.
Contribution
If you are having trouble installing or using i3altlayout, open an issue.
If you want to contribute, feel free to do a PR (please follow PEP8).
License
This project is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3 license.
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