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@@ -12,18 +12,28 @@ action](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UWRZuhn92bQ/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/w ## PLEASE DO READ THIS -The script does one thing: it checks the window height / width ratio, and executes -the equivalent of either `swaymsg splitv` or `swaymsg splith`. Nothing less, nothing more. Yes, it may make -stacking and tabbed layouts behave oddly. No, nothing can be done about it. If you like stacking/tabbed layouts, -you may use them on workspaces with autotiling turned off (`--workspaces` argument). Do not submit issues about it. +The script does one thing: it checks the window height / width ratio, and +executes the equivalent of either `swaymsg splitv` or `swaymsg splith`. Nothing +less, nothing more. This may make stack and tabbed layouts behave oddly. +Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be done about it – please, do not +submit issues about it –, but there are two workaround that you can try. -For instance, you may configure autotiling to work on odd workspaces, but not on even: +One option is, to enable autotiling on certain workspaces only. For instance, +you could configure autotiling to be enabled on odd workspaces, but not on +even ones: ```text ### Autostart - exec autotiling -w 1 3 5 7 9 + exec_always autotiling -w 1 3 5 7 9 ``` +Another option you can try, is setting `--limit` and only use stacking or +tabbing on the lowest level. A good place to start would be `--limit 2`. Open +four windows with the third and fourth window in the same container as two. This +might mimic a master-stack layout and you should now be able to switch to +stacking or tabbed. Beware that the decision on how to split is still based on +the height / width ratio. + ## Installation The script has been packaged for the following distributions: @@ -54,6 +64,9 @@ optional arguments: -w [WORKSPACES ...], --workspaces [WORKSPACES ...] restricts autotiling to certain workspaces; example: autotiling --workspaces 8 9 + -l LIMIT, --limit LIMIT + limit how often autotiling will split a container; try "2", if you like + master-stack layouts; default: 0 (no limit) -e [EVENTS ...], --events [EVENTS ...] list of events to trigger switching split orientation; default: WINDOW MODE ``` @@ -64,4 +77,4 @@ Changing event subscription has already been the objective of several pull reque starting from v1.6 you may specify them in the `-e` | `--events` argument. If no value given, the script will subscribe to `Event.WINDOW` and `Event.MODE`, as if it was executed with `autotiling -e WINDOW MODE`. See [altdesktop/i3ipc-python`](https://github.com/altdesktop/i3ipc-python/blob/a670f24e7e04f509de8161cf760afe929c22ae93/i3ipc/events.py#L12) -for event enumeration.
\ No newline at end of file +for event enumeration. diff --git a/autotiling/main.py b/autotiling/main.py index 941863b..38f236c 100644 --- a/autotiling/main.py +++ b/autotiling/main.py @@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ def main(): default=[], ) parser.add_argument("-l", "--limit", - help="limit how often autotiling will split a container; default: 0 (no limit)", + help='limit how often autotiling will split a container; ' + 'try "2", if you like master-stack layouts; default: 0 (no limit)', type=int, default=0, ) """ |