dintwm

Tiling window "manager" for AmigaOS 3.1.x.

NOTE Dintwm is under rather heavy development, it is a hobby project and breakage may occur.

Changelog

• v0.6

  • Fixed bug launching Dintwm from workbench introduced in v0.5
  • Fixed bug when running without BAR TT enabled
  • Add documentation on MagicMenu "Non Blocking" incompatibility

• v0.5

  • Fix autotiling bug that prevented program launches from wb icons
  • Add feature to tab through windows on current workspace
  • Auto select first active window in workspace when changing workspace
  • Auto select first active window when moving a window to other workspace
  • Fix initial barwidth when launching LEFTGAP / RIGHTGAP TT.

• v0.4

  • Make text items in bar configurable
  • Make bar color items behave internally as text items
  • Really fix off by one memleak bug
  • Set better defaults for docmd (conline and newshell)
  • Create hash of window title snips to keep track of them
  • Much better window change tracking
  • Window checking handled in subtask
  • Closing windows always triggers retile
  • Much lower CPU foot print
  • Fix bug with tile mode in bar
  • fbaserel no longer prodcues working binary, dropped

• v0.3 DUD RELEASE BUGS FOUND

• v0.2

  • Add TT VWS_ON to enable virtual workspaces
  • Add INFO_OFF TT to disable info boxes
  • Disable tiling with POPKEY_TILE_OFF
  • Ignore all WS shifting business when vws's are off
  • Fix bug with text not fitting in info windows
  • Quit if backdropped window is detected and vws's are on
  • Don't show workspaces on bar if vws's are off
  • Add version option to cli

• v0.1

  • initial release

Building from source

Install crosscompiler:
https://github.com/bebbo/amiga-gcc

Cross-compilation on Linux for AmigaOS (requires bebbo's m68k-amigaos-gcc fork)

make all

Demo

Vanilla without any tooltype tweaks:

Force tiling into specific screen area by setting tooltypes:
TOPGAP=320
LEFTGAP=320

Change between virtual workspaces and resize tiling area dynamically:

Dintwm also has a bar:

Running dintwm as a commodity

Dintwm will ignore the workbench window and backdropped windows.

To run dintwm as a commodity:

1. Add the tooltypes you need to the included dintwm.info file. See Tooltype Options Table section.
2. Test it out using the following command: dintwm -C or simply run dintwm without options.
3. When done drag the dintwm icon file to wbstartup and dintwm should run after reboot.
4. Check its status in System->Tools->Commodities->Exchange, you can also kill dintwm from here.
5. Dintwm can be exited at any time with Ctrl+Lcommand+q (lcommand is also known as Left Amiga Modifier Key)

The tooltypes in the dintwm file could look like this:

POPKEY_TILE=rawkey control shift z
POPKEY_HGRID=rawkey control shift x
POPKEY_SPIRAL=rawkey control shift c
POPKEY_DWINDLE=rawkey control shift v
TOPGAP=30
EXCL_WTYPE_0=CX V2.3.0: Hot Key = <ctrl alt help>

Tooltype Options Table

Tooltype	Default	Description	Related Tooltype(s)
POPKEY_TILE	rawkey control lcommand t	tile with master window layout	TILE_FACT
POPKEY_HGRID	rawkey control lcommand g	grid layout	NA
POPKEY_SPIRAL	rawkey control lcommand f	fibonacci variant layout	NA
POPKEY_DWINDLE	rawkey control lcommand d	another fibonacci variant layout	NA
POPKEY_SWITCHF	rawkey control lcommand s	flip through layouts forwards	NA
POPKEY_SWITCHB	rawkey control lcommand x	flip through layouts backwards	NA
POPKEY_INCTOPGAP	rawkey control lcommand cursor_up	increase topgap while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_INCLEFTGAP	rawkey control lcommand cursor_left	increase leftgap while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_INCRIGHTGAP	rawkey control lcommand cursor_right	increase rightgap while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_DECTOPGAP	rawkey control shift cursor_up	decrease topgap while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_DECBOTTOMGAP	rawkey control shift cursor_down	decrease bottomgap while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_DECLEFTGAP	rawkey control shift cursor_left	decrease leftgap while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_DECRIGHTGAP	rawkey control shift cursor_right	decrease rightgap while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_INCALLGAPS	rawkey control lcommand numeric_pad +	increase all gaps while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_DECALLGAPS	rawkey control lcommand numeric_pad --	(double dash to escape special function of dash) decrease all gaps while running	GAP_CHANGE_VALUE
POPKEY_CMD_0..9	spawns custom commands	rawkey control lcommand 0..9	CMD_0..9, CONLINE_0..9
POPKEY_WS_0..5	change to virtual workspace	rawkey control lcommand numpad 0..5	POPKEY_CWS_0..5
POPKEY_CWS_0..5	move active window to virtual workspace	rawkey control shift numpad 0..5	POPKEY_CWS_0..5
POPKEY_TAB_NEXT	rawkey control lcommand tab	tabs through windows on current workspace	NA
POPKEY_CXM_EXIT	rawkey control lcommand q	exits commodity	NA
POPKEY_TILE_OFF	rawkey control lcommand o	disables tiling globally	NA
TOPGAP	0	sets the top gap of the screen	NA
BOTTOMGAP	0	sets a bottom gap	NA
LEFTGAP	0	sets a left gap	NA
RIGHTGAP	0	sets a right gap	NA
GAP_CHANGE_VALUE	20	sets the increment/decrement value for gap adjustment	*GAP
DEFAULT_TOPGAP	TRUE	set automatically calculated gap	NA
CMD_0..9	NewShell	sets custom commands to spawn, like a shell or a program	CONLINE_0..9
CONLINE_0..9	CON:0/0/550/350/Dintwm Shell/AUTO/CLOSE/WAIT	sets custom conline for the matching CMD_0..9	CMD_0..9
EXCL_WTYPE_0..9	empty	excludes windows based on window->Title	deactivates INCL_WTYPE_0..9
INCL_WTYPE_0..9	empty	includes windows based on window->Title	deactivates EXCL_WTYPE_0..9
AUTO	empty	enable auto tiling, all non-filtered new windows will be tiled	AUTO_INTERVAL_DELAY
AUTO_INTERVAL_DELAY	1	Auto tile refresh rate, how often it checks for new windows. Set to 50 ticks per second	AUTO
TILE_FACT	550	size factor of master window (val / 1000) in tiling function	POPKEY_TILE
BAR	empty	Bar on or off	BAR_*
BAR_BG_COL	3 (color 3 on palette)	Dintwm bar bg color	BAR
BAR_FPW_COL	1	Dintwm bar frontpen color	BAR
BAR_BPW_COL	3	Dintwm bar backpen color	BAR
BAR_FPCURW_COL	6	Dintwm bar active workspace color frontpen	BAR
BAR_BPCURW_COL	3	Dintwm bar active workspace color backpen	BAR
BAR_FPTM_COL	1	Dintwm bar tilemode frontpen color	BAR
BAR_BPTM_COL	3	Dintwm bar tilemode backpen color	BAR
BAR_FPTI_COL	1	Dintwm bar active window title frontpen color	BAR
BAR_BPTI_COL	3	Dintwm bar active window title backpen color	BAR
BAR_FPSEP_ONE_COL	1	Dintwm bar seperator one frontpen color	BAR
BAR_BPSEP_ONE_COL	3	Dintwm bar seperator one backpen color	BAR
BAR_FPSEP_TWO_COL	1	Dintwm bar seperator two frontpen color	BAR
BAR_BPSEP_TWO_COL	3	Dintwm bar seperator two backpen color	BAR
BAR_TEXT_WS0	WS0	Dintwm bar text for ws0	BAR
BAR_TEXT_WS1	WS1	Dintwm bar text for ws1	BAR
BAR_TEXT_WS2	WS2	Dintwm bar text for ws2	BAR
BAR_TEXT_WS3	WS3	Dintwm bar text for ws3	BAR
BAR_TEXT_WS4	WS4	Dintwm bar text for ws4	BAR
BAR_TEXT_WS5	WS5	Dintwm bar text for ws5	BAR
BAR_TEXT_TILE	Tile	Dintwm bar text for tile mode	BAR
BAR_TEXT_GRID	Grid	Dintwm bar text for grid mode	BAR
BAR_TEXT_DWINDLE	FibD	Dintwm bar text for dwindle mode	BAR
BAR_TEXT_SPIRAL	FibS	Dintwm bar text for spiral mode	BAR
BAR_TEXT_SEP_1	|	Dintwm bar text for sepator one	BAR
BAR_TEXT_SEP_2	|	Dintwm bar text for sepator one	BAR
BAR_HIDE_EMPTY	empty	Hide bar if workspace is empty	BAR
INFO_OFF	empty	Supress info windows - not recommended	NA
VWS_ON	FALSE	Enable virtual workspaces	NA

Features explained

Here is a short outline of the different features and their limitations.

Virtual workspaces

Creates layers of window sets, which could also be seen as virtual workspaces and change between them using the POPKEY_WS_0..5 hotkeys.

Move active window to another virtual workspace using the POPKEY_CWS_0..5 hotkeys.

Since virtual workspaces depend on moving windows to be the back of the window stack, using it with a backdropped Workbench window will not work.

To enable do not backdrop the workbench window and set tooltype VWS_ON=TRUE

Dintwm bar

The bar is at the moment only available in the bottom of the tiling area. It shows tilemode, active window title and indicates the current active workspace.

Default ToolTypes

The following tooltypes are enabled in info file by default:

• AUTO tiling is enabled
• VWS_ON i.e. virtual workspaces are enabled
• BAR is enabled
• DONOTWAIT is enabled to remove nag dialog box on some systems
• CMD_0 is set to Newshell by default <ctrl lcommand 0>

Known problems and workarounds:

MagicMenu

MagicMenu with "Non Blocking" enabled in combination with DintWM will dead lock/hang workbench. To use DintWM with MagicMenu, please disable "Non Blocking" in MagicMenu prefs.

Running dintwm from CLI

Again Dintwm will ignore the workbench window, backdropped windows and gimmezerozero windows.

Auto tile for obvious reasons does not work in this mode.

Virtual workspaces do not work either.

Open some windows.

Run to see available options:

dintwm -h

Try tiling them:

dintwm -t

With a gap for the workbench titlebar.

dintwm -g -u

With custom gaps all around:

dintwm -U 45 -B 45 -L 45 -R 45 -t

That is, you could basically set tiling to occur where ever you decide on the screen.

dintwm -U 320 -L 320 -t

It is of course possible to use something as FKey to bind the above commands to your own HotKeys and use Dintwm as a manual tiling utility.

Options are:

• -d: Fibonacci dwindle
• -g: Horizontal grid
• -t: Tile with left master
• -s: Fibonacci spiral
• <other arg> -u: Add workbench top bar gap
• <other arg> -U<int>: Add custom top gap
• <other arg> -B<int>: Add custom bottom gap
• <other arg> -L<int>: Add custom left gap
• <other arg> -R<int>: Add custom right gap
• -h: This message

TODO

• Create an optional Dintwm commodity to enable hotkeys
• Make dintwm dynamical, by saving position of windows before tiling. Dropped
• Float -> Tile -> Float behaviour
• Enable auto tiling when new windows appear.
• Add leftgap, rightgap and bottomgap
• Virtual workspaces
• Add dintwm bar
• Stop commodity with hotkey
• Use github actions to build and package dintwm release
• Make static bar text fields configurable
• Implement dedicated dintwm screen Dropped
• Builtin dmenu like launcher * See http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/tabexec *
• Ensure AROS compatibility (works without bar atm) Dropped ftb

Note on licensing

Some parts of the code (tile and fibonacci functions) are adapted from dwm, a DWM-LICENSE is therefore included.

Ketopt.h from https://github.com/attractivechaos/klib is licensed under the MIT/X11 license.