autotiling

This script uses the i3ipc-python library to switch the layout splith/splitv depending on the currently focused window dimensions. It works on both sway and i3 window managers.

Inspired by https://github.com/olemartinorg/i3-alternating-layout.

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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.

For instance, you may configure autotiling to work on odd workspaces, but not on even:

### Autostart
  exec autotiling -w 1 3 5 7 9

Installation

The script has been packaged for the following distributions:

Installing manually:

1. Install the python-i3ipc>=2.0.1 package (or whatever it's called in your Linux distribution);
2. save the main.py file anywhere, rename to autotiling, make executable, move to your bin folder;
3. add exec_always autotiling to the ~/.config/sway/config or exec_always --no-startup-id autotiling to the ~/.config/i3/config file.

Usage

$ autotiling -h
usage: autotiling [-h] [-d] [-v] [-w [WORKSPACES ...]] [-e [EVENTS ...]]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug           print debug messages to stderr
  -v, --version         display version information
  -w [WORKSPACES ...], --workspaces [WORKSPACES ...]
                        restricts autotiling to certain workspaces; example: autotiling --workspaces 8
                        9
  -e [EVENTS ...], --events [EVENTS ...]
                        list of events to trigger switching split orientation; default: WINDOW MODE

Events

Changing event subscription has already been the objective of several pull request. To avoid doing this again and again, 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` for event enumeration.