From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Mathieu Lonjaret Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 11:54:26 +0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113f7712166181051ec0a86c Subject: [9fans] listing windows for p9p acme Topicbox-Message-UUID: 68452fa0-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a113f7712166181051ec0a86c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi, I got annoyed at how, usually with many windows open, I sometimes struggle to find where one of my windows is. So I wrote https://github.com/mpl/lw , which seems to be helping a bit. I run it from the main tag, so the output goes to Errors. Hope that helps anyone else. Cheers, Mathieu --001a113f7712166181051ec0a86c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi,

I got annoyed at how, usually with = many windows open, I sometimes struggle to find where one of my windows is.=

So I wrote=C2=A0https://github.com/mpl/lw , which seems to be helping a bit. I run= it from the main tag, so the output goes to Errors.

Hope that helps anyone else.

Cheers,
= Mathieu

--001a113f7712166181051ec0a86c-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 13:17:25 +0200 Message-ID: From: Rudolf Sykora To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] listing windows for p9p acme Topicbox-Message-UUID: 68492c72-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 2 September 2015 at 11:54, Mathieu Lonjaret > I got annoyed at how, usually with many windows open, I sometimes struggle > to find where one of my windows is. yes. when there are many windows, the situation gets chaotic, that's my experience, too. Further, the heuristics of placing new windows does not really help at that moment :( btw. Has somebody tried this? http://c9x.me/edit/ Ruda From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Eugene Ma Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 17:58:03 +0000 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c20dceffd69f051ec7680c Subject: Re: [9fans] listing windows for p9p acme Topicbox-Message-UUID: 68781f50-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a11c20dceffd69f051ec7680c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sorting columns with Sort helps a little with window management. Also, the "Edit X" sam command does something similar to lw. On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:19 AM Rudolf Sykora wrote: > On 2 September 2015 at 11:54, Mathieu Lonjaret > > I got annoyed at how, usually with many windows open, I sometimes > struggle > > to find where one of my windows is. > > yes. when there are many windows, the situation gets chaotic, > that's my experience, too. > > Further, the heuristics of placing new windows does not really help > at that moment :( > > btw. Has somebody tried this? > http://c9x.me/edit/ > > Ruda > > --001a11c20dceffd69f051ec7680c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sorting columns with Sort helps a little with window manag= ement. Also, the "Edit X" sam command does something similar to l= w.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015= at 4:19 AM Rudolf Sykora <ru= dolf.sykora@gmail.com> wrote:
http:/= /c9x.me/edit/

Ruda

--001a11c20dceffd69f051ec7680c-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Mathieu Lonjaret Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 01:28:09 +0200 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113eacda275109051ecc06f7 Subject: Re: [9fans] listing windows for p9p acme Topicbox-Message-UUID: 687c50f2-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a113eacda275109051ecc06f7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 2 September 2015 at 19:58, Eugene Ma wrote: > Sorting columns with Sort helps a little with window management. > Oh, I didn't remember about Sort, thanks. > Also, the "Edit X" sam command does something similar to lw. > I'll be damned. I knew about "Edit X/foo/f" but I had never taken the time to understand how it works, so I didn't know about something as powerful as just Edit X. Thanks! > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:19 AM Rudolf Sykora > wrote: > >> On 2 September 2015 at 11:54, Mathieu Lonjaret >> > I got annoyed at how, usually with many windows open, I sometimes >> struggle >> > to find where one of my windows is. >> >> yes. when there are many windows, the situation gets chaotic, >> that's my experience, too. >> >> Further, the heuristics of placing new windows does not really help >> at that moment :( >> >> btw. Has somebody tried this? >> http://c9x.me/edit/ >> >> Ruda >> >> --001a113eacda275109051ecc06f7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On 2 September 2015 at 19:58, Eugene Ma <edma12123@gmail.com&g= t; wrote:
Sorting= columns with Sort helps a little with window management.

Oh, I didn't remember about Sort, thanks.
=C2=A0
Also, the &q= uot;Edit X" sam command does something similar to lw.

I'll be damned. I knew about "Edit X/foo/f&q= uot; but I had never taken the time to understand how it works, so I didn&#= 39;t know about something as powerful as just Edit X. Thanks!
=C2= =A0
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 4:19 AM Rudolf Sy= kora <rudol= f.sykora@gmail.com> wrote:
O= n 2 September 2015 at 11:54, Mathieu Lonjaret
> I got annoyed at how, usually with many windows open, I sometimes stru= ggle
> to find where one of my windows is.

yes. when there are many windows, the situation gets chaotic,
that's my experience, too.

Further, the heuristics of placing new windows does not really help
at that moment :(

btw. Has somebody tried this?
http:/= /c9x.me/edit/

Ruda


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