bsp-layout

Manage layouts in bspwm (tall and wide)

BSPWM does one thing and it does it well. It is a window manager. But some workflows require layout management to some extent. bsp-layout fills that gap.

Installation

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/phenax/bsp-layout/master/install.sh | sudo sh -;

Supported layouts

• tall - Master-stack with a tall window.

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• wide - Master-stack with a wide window.

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• even - Evenly balances all window areas

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• tiled - Default bspwm's tiled layout

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• monocle - Default bspwm's monocle layout

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Usage

• Help menu

bsp-layout help

• Set a layout in desktop named 6 Not specifying the layout will apply the layout on the focused desktop

bsp-layout set tall 6

• Remove layout applied to desktop named 6 This will remove any layout applied

bsp-layout remove 6

• Apply a layout on your focused workspace once This will apply the layout on the current set of nodes on that workspace but newer nodes won't conform to the layout.

bsp-layout once tall