Musca (Tiling Window Manager)

Question

I've just come across this tiling window manager which seems to be very new, I've seen no mentions of it anywhere other than wikipedia, so I thought I'd download it and try it out. You can find it here, along with source and probably all the info you could possibly need.
"A simple tiling window manager for X, with features nicked from ratpoison and dwm"
http://aerosuidae.net/musca.html
It looks to be alot like dwm in the configuring aspect, (ie. edit config.h and compile), although it also has a start file which can be used to run some internal commands.
Anyway I've only been using it for literally the time it took me to write this post, but I thought I'd suggest that others give it a shot! I'm certainly enjoying it so far

Answer 1

aerosuidae wrote:Thanks.  I've never even looked at the process for creating a package for AUR.  If you are volunteering to maintain this (? ), get on the mailing list to hear about new releases: http://mail.aerosuidae.net/mailman/list … suidae.net
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aerosuidae wrote:No idea.  Out of interest: Why do you think it better it gets run from $HOME?
The PKGBUILD becomes easier. Also if its in $HOME, you can make as many changes as you want and run it. You can even change the path of the executable, if you want. One disadvantage is that if you have multiple users on the computer, you will have to install for each user.
aerosuidae wrote:Oh.  I rather like dates as they're IMHO more informative and useful than a number.  Still, I can live with that.
Well if you use the dates, I will change the build method for every release. No big deal. Let me know which way you prefer.
aerosuidae wrote:
Inxsible wrote:The trouble with your shortcuts is, that I use most of those shortcuts in my Openbox setup --and in my dwm. like Mod4+r - to start rTorrent etc. I guess, I will just have to relearn all my shortcuts and not use Mod4 in the shortcuts for starting apps.
No, don't let Musca dictate to you how to work. Customize the combinations that clash using .musca_start or config.h
Is there a limit to how many keybindings you can add?
I currently have all of these.
struct keymap keymaps[] = {
{ "Mod4+Shift+h", "hsplit 1/2" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+v", "vsplit 1/2" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+r", "remove" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+o", "only" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+k", "kill" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+c", "cycle" },
{ "Mod4+Left", "focus left" },
{ "Mod4+Right", "focus right" },
{ "Mod4+Up", "focus up" },
{ "Mod4+Down", "focus down" },
{ "Mod4+Next", "use (next)" },
{ "Mod4+Prior", "use (prev)" },
{ "Mod4+Tab", "screen (next)" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+w", "switch window" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+g", "switch group" },
{ "Mod4+x", "shell" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+m", "command" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+d", "dedicate flip" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+a", "catchall flip" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+u", "undo" },
{ "Mod4+Shift+s", "stack flip" },
{ "Mod4+Control+Left", "resize left" },
{ "Mod4+Control+Right", "resize right" },
{ "Mod4+Control+Up", "resize up" },
{ "Mod4+Control+Down", "resize down" },
{ "Mod4+a", "exec lxappearance" },
{ "Mod4+b", "exec recorder" },
{ "Mod4+c", "exec conky" },
{ "Mod4+e", "exec easytag" },
{ "Mod4+f", "exec pcmanfm" },
{ "Mod4+g", "exec geany" },
{ "Mod4+t", "exec urxvt -bg black -fg white" },
If I add one more, the pkg builds fine, installs too...but when I log in, X starts for a microsecond and bombs. Here's dmesg | tail and it says that musca segfaults.
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
musca[10748]: segfault at 41 ip b7eb2aa8 sp bfcb5d6c error 4 in libc-2.9.so[b7e40000+140000]
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 2.0 bridge
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
musca[11554]: segfault at 41 ip b7e7faa8 sp bfc82d2c error 4 in libc-2.9.so[b7e0d000+140000]
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 2.0 bridge
agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode
Just wanted to let you know. If its a bug, I will open it on your launchpad bugtracker.
Last edited by Inxsible (2009-03-13 06:28:52)