http://ge.tt/2MPm1s1/wm_scripts_2.tar.bz2?type=download

Far simpler than the add/sub scripts I wrote before. Four scripts; x, y, w, h. Runtime arguments are the same: first numerical value divides the screen into that many fractions, second numerical value sets the number of fractions to use for this operation.

So `wm_w_cu.sh 10 1` increases the size of the current window by 1/10th of the screen.
`wm_w_cu.sh 5 -1` decreases the size of the current window by 1/5th of the screen.

Scripts now also detect if the window doesn't conform with your chosen fractions and adjusts them to do so. So if you've got a hypothetical monitor resolution of 1000 pixels, you're using `wm_w_cu.sh 4 1` to resize your window 1/4 of the screen at a time but the window's initial value is something other than 250/500/750 pixels, the scripts will now compensate, resizing them to the nearest conforming size.

Only thing you should need to do is setup the keyboard shortcuts (I recommend Ctrl+Alt+arrow keys for w/h and Shift+Alt+arrow keys for x/y)/launchers with your desired arguments and set the following variables in the scripts:

scr=1920 #screen res x, or y, depending on the script
panels=40 #the total width of any panels/docks on your screen
dectop=19 #the width of the top border of your window decorations
decbottom=2 #bottom border width
decleft=2 #left border width
decright=2 #right border width
#let scr=$scr-$panels #enable/disable this depending upon whether you've got any panels on the current axis. If this is script w/x and you've only got panels on the top/bottom of your screen, comment out this line

Wmctrl is no longer required, this is now pure xdotool (with some unfortunate xwininfo abuse).

Christ, that took longer than I had hoped.

Thanks for the detailed reply.

Thanks. I'm really interested in the Gtk+/emerald/etc themes. I've used http://ge.tt/ as a drop.io replacement.

http://ge.tt/2eGwvN/Grey-Owl-28-11-2010 … e=download
Place themes/Grey-Owl-4 in .emerald/themes/ and themes/Murrina-Grey-owl-4 in .themes/. Also incl. my .gtkrc-2.0, in case you were looking to replicate any of the font manipulation (which is surprisingly difficult; it only works on my desktop by a fluke). Gtk+ theme requires only a recent version of the Murrine engine. No Xfwm4 theme but the emerald theme is a pixmap theme so it'll be easy enough, should you need one.

That was the 2.0 beta, which I think is still the current *nix build. Frankly, I hated it. When I needed skype, I mostly used a protocol plugin for pidgin which used skype's public API to redirect all chats. If you're asking because of the Gtk+ emulation, Skype is Qt4 but you have to manually enable the Gtk+ theme in it's prefs.

You could but it wouldn't do you much good, since I never bothered to finish it. It's basically just a legend for my keyboard shortcuts.

If you create a launcher item on the panel, close xfce4-panel, then navigate to ~/.config/Xfce4/panel/ and find the right launcher-*.rc and replace it's contents with the following, you can spare having to recreate what I did complete:

icaria @ ububox ~/.config/xfce4/panel
$ cat launcher-12741564930.rc (obviously omit these first two lines and you want to ctrl+h all the Path=/home/icaria entries, changing them to something more appropriate)
[Entry 43]
Name=\ \ \ To Workspace 5\t\t\t  (5)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Global]
MoveFirst=false
ArrowPosition=5

[Entry 0]
Name=MAKE WINDOW:\t\t\t\t(win)
Icon=stock_copy
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 1]
Name=\ \ \ Skip tasklist/taskmenu\t\t  (c)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 2]
Name=\ \ \ Sticky (on all workspaces)\t  (v)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 3]
Name=\ \ \ Above other windows\t\t  (b)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 4]
Name=\ \ \ Below other windows\t\t  (n)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 5]
Name=\ \ \ Shaded (scrolled up)\t\t  (m)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 6]
Name=\ 
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 7]
Name=RESIZE WINDOW:\t\t\t\t(ctrl+alt)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 8]
Name=\ \ \ 1/8th   of Screen Width\t\t  (q)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 9]
Name=\ \ \ 2/8ths of Screen Width\t\t  (w)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 10]
Name=\ \ \ 3/8ths of Screen Width\t\t  (e)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 11]
Name=\ \ \ 4/8ths of Screen Width\t\t  (r)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 12]
Name=\ \ \ 5/8ths of Screen Width\t\t  (a)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 13]
Name=\ \ \ 6/8ths of Screen Width\t\t  (s)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 14]
Name=\ \ \ 7/8ths of Screen Width\t\t  (d)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 15]
Name=\ \ \ 8/8ths of Screen Width\t\t  (f)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 16]
Name=\ 
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 17]
Name=\ \ \ 1/5th   of Screen Height\t\t  (z)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 18]
Name=\ \ \ 2/5ths of Screen Height\t\t  (x)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 19]
Name=\ \ \ 3/5ths of Screen Height\t\t  (c)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 20]
Name=\ \ \ 4/5ths of Screen Height\t\t  (v)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 21]
Name=\ \ \ 5/5ths of Screen Height\t\t  (b)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 22]
Name=\ 
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 23]
Name=MOVE WINDOW:\t\t\t\t(shift+alt)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 24]
Name=\ \ \ 1/8th   Across Screen\t\t  (q)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 25]
Name=\ \ \ 2/8ths Across Screen\t\t  (w)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 26]
Name=\ \ \ 3/8ths Across Screen\t\t  (e)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 27]
Name=\ \ \ 4/8ths Across Screen\t\t  (r)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 28]
Name=\ \ \ 5/8ths Across Screen\t\t  (a)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 29]
Name=\ \ \ 6/8ths Across Screen\t\t  (s)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 30]
Name=\ \ \ 7/8ths Across Screen\t\t  (d)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 31]
Name=\ \ \ 8/8ths Across Screen\t\t  (f)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 32]
Name=\ 
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 33]
Name=\ \ \ 1/5th   Down Screen\t\t  (z)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 34]
Name=\ \ \ 2/5ths Down Screen\t\t  (x)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 35]
Name=\ \ \ 3/5ths Down Screen\t\t  (c)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 36]
Name=\ \ \ 4/5ths Down Screen\t\t  (v)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 37]
Name=\ \ \ 5/5ths Down Screen\t\t  (b)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 38]
Name=\ 
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 39]
Name=\ \ \ To Workspace 1\t\t\t  (1)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 40]
Name=\ \ \ To Workspace 2\t\t\t  (2)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 41]
Name=\ \ \ To Workspace 3\t\t\t  (3)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

[Entry 42]
Name=\ \ \ To Workspace 4\t\t\t  (4)
Icon=applications-other
Path=/home/icaria
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false

I've incl. all my scripts here:
http://ge.tt/6LaMvQ/wm-scripts-28-11-20 … e=download
You need to install both wmctrl and xdotool for them to work.
Place the scripts in ~/bin/ and .scrres in ~/ and change scrres to reflect your screen's resolution: XxY, one line, no spaces. I've also incl. my old scripts in the appropriately named subdirectory.
You've then got to edit wm_h.sh, wm_w.sh, wm_x.sh and wm_y.sh so that they reflect your desktop. The comments should tell you what you need to know:

icaria @ ububox ~
$ cat bin/wm_h.sh 
#!/bin/bash
# run as script.sh arg1 arg2, where arg1 is the total number of fractions you want to divide the screen into and arg2 is the number of those fractions you want to push the window across/down the screen

actwin=`xdotool getactivewindow`

scr=`cat ~/.scrres | tail -c 5` #scr=1080
let netscr=$scr-40 #subtract panels/docks from screen res

let fracts=$netscr/$1 
let usefracts=$2 
let val1=$fracts*$usefracts-21 #subtract window decoration

xdotool windowsize $actwin 0 $val1
xdotool windowfocus $actwin

#verbosity
echo actwin=$actwin
echo scr=$scr
echo netscr=$netscr
echo fracts=$fracts
echo usrfracts=$usefracts
echo val1=$val1

Windows sizes are calculated minus the window decorations (titlebars, borders) (see let val1= line). Window placement has to account for how any panels or docks reduce your total usable screen space (see let netscr= line). I don't know of any way to do this other than manually measuring the pixels. Doing a screen grab of a single window and choosing your panel will tell you it's true size. Try to make sure the sum total of your panels is an even number, as I haven't had the patience to learn sed's psychotic syntax and if $val1 returns any decimal places, xdotool will just spit error messages at you.

Running the scripts requires two arguments: the total number of fractions you want to divide the screen into and the number of those fractions you want to use. So `wm_h.sh 5 2` will split the screen vertically 5 ways and make the window 2/5ths of the screen's height. Again, be careful what numbers you use here as $val1 needs to be a whole number, no decimal places.

Also goes without saying that if you use sloppy focus, the menu will be next to useless: just moving your mouse to the menu will tend to change the focussed window. It's the same problem as using sloppy focus with a global menubar. Either don't use sloppy focus, or get used to using keyboard shortcuts (I chose the latter, hence, I never finished the menu). Alternatively, in the wm_x.sh and wm_y.sh scripts, change the wmctrl lines from :ACTIVE: to :SELECTED:, at which point you'll be prompted to pick your desired window. For the h/w scripts, you'll need to switch them over to using wmctrl. Just replace:

xdotool windowsize $actwin 0 $val1

with

wmctrl -r :SELECTED: -e 0,-1,-1,-1,$val1

I wouldn't use wmctrl at all, except for a bug in xdotool which forces you to move windows on both the x and y axis at the same time. If you really don't want to dick around with all those scripts, I recently happened upon a tool called PyWO which provides similar tiling capabilities but it's all keyboard shortcuts and I doubt you can bind any of it to icons/menuitems without using something else to emulate key presses... which requires using something like xdotool anyway.

Of course, the need for all this could be drastically reduced were someone with the requisite skills to make my dreams come true, or if I weren't a lazy shit and developed those skills, myself.

Christ, that took longer than I had hoped.

Finally got around to finishing that custom menu.
<snip>
I've juuuuuust got to write a wmctrl script to go with each of those menuitems. Ugh, it'd be so much easier if I didn't use sloppy focus; I could just use the 30-odd wmctrl scripts I already have. Instead, I've now got to copy them, give them new names and change the :ACTIVE: argument values to :SELECTED:

That's an AWESOME window-resizing menu on the right side, would it be possible to snag that?

Finally got around to finishing that custom menu.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6168 … esmall.jpg

I've juuuuuust got to write a wmctrl script to go with each of those menuitems. Ugh, it'd be so much easier if I didn't use sloppy focus; I could just use the 30-odd wmctrl scripts I already have. Instead, I've now got to copy them, give them new names and change the :ACTIVE: argument values to :SELECTED:

hi etnlWings, what version of Skype are you using in this shot? It's a GTK version?

Uhh, let me think.

Fonts are Lucida MAC, LucidaMacBold and Monaco, 7-9pt, antialiased, no hinting. Google is your friend.
Icons are mostly stock Eikon 2 icons. The top panel icons have been created by using the stock Eikon 2 icons as masks for a split gradient background.
Gtk+, emerald themes, conky configs and/or xdotool/wmctrl scripts can be uploaded upon request. It'd be appreciated if you could point me in the direction of a good replacement for drop.io's file hosting, though.

Getting Geany to open up separate windows, rather than just opening tabs, requires it to be invoked with the -i argument, which launches multiple instances. Getting galculator, transmission and pidgin to fit that form factor requires a fair bit of dicking around with source packages.

Gnome-style panel menubar was achieved by using two xfce menus aimed at different menu files, with the places plugin shoved in between. Don't do it unless you're prepared to spend hours copying/editing all your app launchers' categories so that they're segregated between the two menu files (which both have different top-level includes). Pager labels with compiz are a nasty hack: it's just the label for workspace 1, with each number separated by various whitespace characters so that they line up with compiz's 'viewports'. The two-tone panel clock is as easy as setting a custom format and using.

<span color="#rrggbb"></span>

Bash theming is pretty simple. Just added whitespaces, a newline and colour codes.

PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]\u @ \h \w\n\$\[\033[0m\] '

Oh and if you're wondering why Xchat looks different, try playing with /set gui_tweaks.

Other than that, I've just wasted a lot of time removing padding from apps and overriding the default colours used by every app with a custom text view widget. That about cover it?

Thanks. I'm really interested in the Gtk+/emerald/etc themes. I've used http://ge.tt/ as a drop.io replacement.

Fonts are Lucida MAC, LucidaMacBold and Monaco, 7-9pt, antialiased, no hinting. Google is your friend.
Icons are mostly stock Eikon 2 icons. The top panel icons have been created by using the stock Eikon 2 icons as masks for a split gradient background.
Gtk+, emerald themes, conky configs and/or xdotool/wmctrl scripts can be uploaded upon request. It'd be appreciated if you could point me in the direction of a good replacement for drop.io's file hosting, though.

Getting Geany to open up separate windows, rather than just opening tabs, requires it to be invoked with the -i argument, which launches multiple instances. Getting galculator, transmission and pidgin to fit that form factor requires a fair bit of dicking around with source packages.

Gnome-style panel menubar was achieved by using two xfce menus aimed at different menu files, with the places plugin shoved in between. Don't do it unless you're prepared to spend hours copying/editing all your app launchers' categories so that they're segregated between the two menu files (which both have different top-level includes). Pager labels with compiz are a nasty hack: it's just the label for workspace 1, with each number separated by various whitespace characters so that they line up with compiz's 'viewports'. The two-tone panel clock is as easy as setting a custom format and using.

<span color="#rrggbb"></span>

Bash theming is pretty simple. Just added whitespaces, a newline and colour codes.

PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]\u @ \h \w\n\$\[\033[0m\] '

Oh and if you're wondering why Xchat looks different, try playing with /set gui_tweaks.

Other than that, I've just wasted a lot of time removing padding from apps and overriding the default colours used by every app with a custom text view widget. That about cover it?

New theme, new tiling scripts, smaller windows.

I really like how this looks - care to share any more details?

New theme, new tiling scripts, smaller windows.

clean

dirty

Well I suppose someone ought to start the thread.

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/3897/screenshothc.jpg

Cool! I like this theme 

http://ompldr.org/vNXB4ZA/bluepurple.jpg