Constraint: pure tiling doesn't work. I need to be able to partially overlay a window on top of another (e.g. put a standalone widget on top of a fullscreen window)
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Any recommendations for a minimal, scriptable window manager for automation/kiosk use? Something that can do the equivalent of KWin's window rules, but can be controlled from another process and without the bloat. I don't need window decorations or any of that stuff.
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bspwm has really great separation between the window manager, and layout control. bspwm(the window manager) is configured by commands to bspc
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My only gripe is that, over a couple of years of use, the bspc syntax has had a couple of breaking changes. So for production use, I'd have to test it before updating in order to feel comfortable
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I know nothing about KDE, and maybe this is not what you are looking for, but I've been using i3-wm for 2+ years and I really love it. I think it can be scripted, but I have not tried it beyond restoring window positions and that kind of things.
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Yep. And i3 can do floating windows too. Just not sure how scriptable that part is.
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awesome might work? There's extensive Lua scripting support. Haven't used it myself though.
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bspwm, we're using it for our monitoring dashboards at work, really minimal and easily scriptable!
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Can it do... non-binary-space layouts? Pure tiling doesn't work for me, I need to be able to e.g. overlay one window on another (fully contained).
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I've used awesomewm in a kiosk setup before. Highly recommend it.
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