Desktop tiler toolkit

This repository is a collection of configs and scripts to add ondemand tiling functionality for multiple desktop environments(for now only XFCE and MATE are tested). How the desktop works

How it works

The main switch.sh script switches from a selected WM as the "Default WM" for the session to a highly specialised Xmonad config,alongside picom for compositing.
The script is executed in the following way:

sh switch.sh

Installation

1. Run the install.sh script included in the repo:

git clone https://github.com/document10/desktop-tiler-toolkit
cd desktop-tiler-toolkit
sh install.sh [DE]

Replace DE with one of the supported desktop environments (xfce4 or mate,case sensitive).Running the script with no arguments will also tell you what DEs are supported.

2. Assign the command sh switch_xfce4.sh or sh switch_mate.sh (depending on yor DE) to a panel button or a keyboard shortcut of your choice.

3. Add plank to the session autostart.

Known issues

There are some issues with this desktop which I hope can be fixed.They are:

• After switching WMs you lose windows outside of the current desktop
• The switch can get janky at times,especially if you do it often without logging out.
• WM-independent keybinds (like launching a terminal) are supposed to be managed by the desktop session, so they aren't included in the xmonad config to avoid conflincts.

Because of these issues I don't advise using this as your daily driver ,until all issues (known and unknown) get solved.Anyone with the knowledge to fix these issues is welcome to create a PR.

Required packages

• plank
• picom
• xmonad
• xmonad-contrib

To install these ,look up the package names and the installation commands for your distro.It's recommended to have these packages installed BEFORE running any of the steps above.So far I only tested this on Endeavour OS (Arch) but more testing will be done soon.