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Re:Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scr... by peternicky on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:44PM (#12083614)
Nice work however it seems to be difficult to configure. I spent over an hour this afternoon trying to setup the application with no luck.

tried using example configs from your wiki but none worked. I'd suggest providing a basic default file rather than linking to users' examples.

Re:Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scr... by khirviko on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @02:55AM (#12084345)
Hi! Fair point, unfortunately the new release has some API changes and most of the examples in the Wiki haven’t caught up yet.

I have been thinking of providing a template, but then again people have very different ideas on what they want, so it’s hard to know what the default configuration should be.

Re:Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scr... by khirviko on Thursday July 14, 2016 @05:45AM (#12092609)
I updated the Wiki to reflect this! Thanks for the feedback.
Re:Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scr... by khirviko on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:37AM (#12078805)
@lrusnac Both have similar goals. I would say the main difference is that Phoenix focuses to be lightweight, is more versatile and has a broader JavaScript API. You can also easily use CoffeeScript as the language for your configuration.
Re:Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scr... by luckman212 on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:49PM (#12083626)
Hammerspoon is another one worth mentioning, uses Lua:

https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

Re:Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scr... by khirviko on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @02:56AM (#12084348)
Definitely, everyone has their favourites! Obviously it’s a preference whether you like Lua or not. :)
Re:Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scr... by lrusnac on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:14AM (#12078686)
what is the difference with slate [1]?

[1] https://github.com/mattr-/slate