tatami layout

Description

This patch adds a new layout, tatami, that arranges all windows like tatami tiles. This patch forms 'mats' of 5 or less windows each, and each mat has 5 different possible arrangements. The mats then form a stack as shown in the 7+ windows diagram below.

+-----------+-----------+  +-----------+-----------+
|           |           |  |           |           |
|           |           |  |           |     2     |
|           |           |  |           |           |
|     1     |     2     |  |     1     +-----------+
|           |           |  |           |           |
|           |           |  |           |     3     |
|           |           |  |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+  +-----------+-----------+
	2 windows                  3 windows

+-----------+-----+-----+  +-----------+-----------+
|           |     |     |  |           |     2     |
|           |  2  |  3  |  |           +-----+-----+
|           |     |     |  |           |     |     |
|     1     +-----+-----+  |     1     |  3  |  4  |
|           |           |  |           |     |     |
|           |     4     |  |           +-----+-----+
|           |           |  |           |     5     |
+-----------+-----------+  +-----------+-----+-----+
	4 windows                  5 windows

+-----------+---+-------+  +-----------+-----------+
|           |   |   3   |  |           |    new    |
|           | 2 +---+---+  |           +---+-------+
|           |   |   |   |  |           |   |   4   |
|     1     |   | 4 |   |  |     1     | 3 +---+---+
|           |   |   | 5 |  |           |   | 5 |   |
|           +---+---+   |  |           +---+---+ 6 |
|           |   6   |   |  |           |   7   |   |
+-----------+-------+---+  +-----------+-------+---+
	6 windows                  7+ windows

Usage

  1. Download the patch and apply according to the general instructions.
  2. The patch automatically includes the tatami.c source file and adds tatami

to the Layout section of your config.def.h file. If you have already installed dwm, change config.def.h to be your config.h file.

  1. Note that this patch ignores resize hints.
  2. The default keybinding is [Alt]+[y] for tatami.

Download

Maintainer