While I like many of the new features in GNOME Shell, I missed the Grid plugin from Compiz. I liked getting to tile some windows without the overhead of a tiling WM. gnome-shell-grid runs in the background, listening for the following keys:
C-M-S-u
orC-M-KP_7
-- Top Left cornerC-M-S-k
orC-M-KP_8
-- Top halfC-M-S-i
orC-M-KP_9
-- Top Right cornerC-M-S-l
orC-M-KP_6
-- Right halfC-M-S-m
orC-M-KP_3
-- Bottom right cornerC-M-S-j
orC-M-KP_2
-- Bottom halfC-M-S-n
orC-M-KP_1
-- Bottom left cornerC-M-S-h
orC-M-KP_4
-- Left halfC-M-KP_5
-- Full screen
sudo apt-get install python-xlib python-wnck
sudo yum install gnome-python2-libwnck python-xlib
git clone git://github.com/paulswartz/gnome-shell-grid.git
python gnome-shell-grid/gnome-shell-grid.py
gnome-shell-grid is released under the GPLv3. You can read the license in the
LICENSE.txt
file.
I'm Paul Swartz. You can find me on Twitter @paulswartz or on email.
Additional contributions from:
- Josh England
- Robert R. Meyer