Re: Spatial groups concept discussion

[Russell Adams]

Roland,

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 08:19:09AM +0000, Roland Everaert wrote:
> Regarding keybings, (un)fortunately, I live in a hybrid-world, the
> machine I use for my job is a windows machine provided by the
> customer, so I have to account for the Windows world, hence C-n et
> al. doesn't feels natural to me for a very long time.

Xkeymacs. http://xkeymacs.osdn.jp/

Reskin your OS to use reasonable keybindings.

> Maybe you could propose predefined keybindings in addition to the
> possibility for the user to define its own. The Nyxt web-browser, a
> common lisp based browser, do that quite well.

Kind of out of scope for me. ;]

> Below is my keybindings definition:
>
> ;; 1. Undefine all the default keybindings
> (undefine-key *top-map* (kbd "C-Left"))
> (undefine-key *top-map* (kbd "C-Right"))
> (undefine-key *top-map* (kbd "C-Up"))
> (undefine-key *top-map* (kbd "C-Down"))
> (undefine-key *top-map* (kbd "C-S-Left"))
> (undefine-key *top-map* (kbd "C-S-Right"))
> (undefine-key *top-map* (kbd "C-S-Up"))
> (undefine-key *top-map* (kbd "C-S-Down"))
> ;; 2. Set my own keybindings
> (define-key *top-map* (kbd "s-Left")    "coord-left")
> (define-key *top-map* (kbd "s-Right")   "coord-right")
> (define-key *top-map* (kbd "s-Up")      "coord-up")
> (define-key *top-map* (kbd "s-Down")    "coord-down")
> ;; Control-Shift left/right to switch desktop Z
> (define-key *top-map* (kbd "C-s-Left")  "coord-taskleft")
> (define-key *top-map* (kbd "C-s-Right") "coord-taskright")
> ;; Control-Shift-Up to return to origin 0,0 on current desktop Z
> (define-key *top-map* (kbd "C-s-Up")    "coord-taskorigin")
> ;; "Pop" back to last desktop position
> (define-key *top-map* (kbd "C-s-Down")  "coord-taskpop")
> ;; ----------------------------------------------

The updated module 0.0.2 now has a function you have to call to
install my default keybinds. If you omit it, you can just define
them. No need for undefines.

So you moved the coordinate navigation from Control-arrows to Windows-key 
arrows?

I have my music player bound there. ;]

> As for the multi-head usage, S-Arrows allows to switch between
> frames in the same group, so it allows to switch between heads.

You mean move-focus? That built in likely works.

Do you configure the multiple heads somewhere, regarding which screen
is adjacent to the other? (ie: DP2 left of DP1)

> As for frame/windows placement in groups, according to the
> documentation, it is possible to define rules, unfortunately, I
> never manage to make them works, with the exception of firefox. :(

Yeah. I mentioned this at one point, where you can define a group
where all terminals go, or all Firefox windows go. That feels very
confining to me, cramming all those on one group / screen.

I meant that on startup I'd love to launch a series of applications in
fixed locations (group 0,0,0, frame 0, launch urxvt. group 0,0,0,
frame 1, launch urxvt. and so on). Instead I have a short snippet to
create my frames and splits, but then I have to manually launch things.

(defun my-startup ()
  (spatial-groups:spatial-gselect "0,0,0")
  (hsplit)
  (resize-frame (current-group) (tile-group-current-frame (current-group)) (- 
110 (frame-width (tile-group-current-frame (current-group)))) :width)
  (move-focus :right)
  (hsplit)
          ;  (run-shell-command "/usr/bin/urxvt")
          ;  (sleep 1)
  (move-focus :right)
          ;  (run-shell-command "/usr/bin/urxvt")
          ;  (sleep 1)
  (spatial-groups:spatial-gselect "0,1,0")
  (hsplit)
          ;  (run-shell-command "/usr/bin/urxvt")
          ;  (sleep 1)
  (move-focus :right)
          ;  (run-shell-command "/usr/bin/urxvt")
          ; (sleep 1)
  (spatial-groups:spatial-gselect "1,-1,0")
  (hsplit)
          ; (run-shell-command "/usr/bin/urxvt")
          ; (sleep 1)
  (move-focus :right)
          ; (run-shell-command "/usr/bin/urxvt")
          ; (sleep 1)
  (spatial-groups:spatial-gselect "1,0,0")
          ; (run-shell-command "/usr/bin/emacsclient -c")
          ; (sleep 1)
  (spatial-groups:spatial-gselect "0,0,0") )

(when *initializing* (my-startup))

If I uncomment the run-shell-command, they stack in the last or
current frame.

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