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Re:StumpWM 1.0 Released by brudgers on Friday January 13, 2017 @11:17AM (#13391927)
If you're using Linux, it's worth just trying one. On OSX, it usually means running X11 instead of the Mac display manager which is usually not really a great thing. If you're using Windows, the options are worse.

For me, the advantages of a tiling window manager [xmonad] are:

1. Keyboard control of app switching that is easy to setup in a 'habitual' configuration yet flexible enough to change on the fly.

2. The ability to quickly switch via keystroke to and from full screen views of an application. And when I switch via keystroke from the full screen view to a view of multiple applications the multiple application view is presented in a sane and consistent way right away.

3. The ability to switch via keystroke immediately to a view of two or more applications side by side or one above the other.

There is a learning curve and as with all things that occur up until the year of the linux desktop, there is a configuration curve. But basically, a tiling window manager lets me make my windows dance to whatever tune I choose.

Re:StumpWM 1.0 Released by e12e on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:00PM (#13395560)
> If you're using Linux, it's worth just trying one. On OSX, it usually means running X11 instead of the Mac display manager which is usually not really a great thing. If you're using Windows, the options are worse.

Yes and no. Windows 10 has some tiling wm features, try win-leftarrow, win-rightarrow, win-uparrow and win-downarrow.

Ed: and mouse-drag to resize the split(s).

Ed2: Also try with more than one screen. I actually think ms have struck a tremendous balance between tiling power-user, and basic computer literacy users. I still prefer a pure/proper tiling wm.

It's not xmonad, but it is an improvement.

Re:StumpWM 1.0 Released by brudgers on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:17PM (#13396455)
But for Vista, I've had a daily driver with every version of Windows since 3.1. Windows 10 is a big step forward with multiple desktops. It's not comparable to Xmonad in my use case because of:

1. Xmonad's predictability.

2. Xmonad's ability to keyboard shortcut between window configurations.

3. Xmonad utilizing home position keys rather than the arrows for primary manipulation.

Anyway, the alternatives I see mentioned for Windows are based around AutoHotKey.

Re:StumpWM 1.0 Released by sirn on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:33PM (#13392645)
> On OSX, it usually means running X11 instead of the Mac display manager which is usually not really a great thing

If you're using OSX, you may want to try Amethyst[1] which provides Xmonad-like experience (at least the tiling part of it, under OSX-specific restrictions) in native Cocoa environment.

[1]: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst