#!/bin/bash
+# I, Ian Kelling, follow the GNU license recommendations at
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+# programs. If a small program grows beyond 300 lines, I plan to switch
+# its license to GPL.
+
+# Copyright 2024 Ian Kelling
+
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+
set -e; . /usr/local/lib/bash-bear; set +e
# /a/opt/i3-alternating-layout/alternating_layouts.py to anticipate when
# we want to split/tab windows. There are 2 options of when to do it:
# just after a window is created, or just before a window is
-# created. Doing it after a window is created allows you to move a
-# window into the split that only has 1 window, whereas the other way
-# doesn't. For my use cases, I think I don't really want to move it into
-# the split if it is a tabbed split.
+# created.
+#
+# *Doing it after a window is created allows you to move a window into
+# the split that only has 1 window, whereas the other way doesn't. For
+# my use cases, I think I don't really want to move it into the split if
+# it is a tabbed split.
+#
+# *Doing it just before a windows is created, you need to
+# call this script, which means wrapping launch of a program, which I
+# have no way to do for all cases, I just do it for the common programs
+# I have bound to keys in i3.
+#
+# * Doing it after a window is created also leaves that split behind if
+# * the window is closed. I partially deal with that below.
#
# I have a keybind which disables both, it runs /b/ds/i3-auto-layout-toggle
tmp=$(mktemp)
-i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq ".[]| select(.focused==true) | .rect | .width" >$tmp
+i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq ".[]| select(.focused==true) | .rect | .width, .height" >$tmp
{ read -r screen_width; read -r screen_height; } <$tmp
if (( w < half_w && h < half_h )); then
i3-msg "split vertical, layout tabbed"
+elif (( w == screen_width )); then
+ :
+ # if we had 2 windows on screen, made them vertical splits, then
+ # closed one, it stays vertical split, but we want it horizontal at
+ # that point. So, make it horizontal here.
+ i3-msg "split horizontal"
fi
rm -f $tmp