herbstluftwm-scripts

A script collection for herbstluftwm. Scripts can be called from autostart, or just tested by running them (chmod +x the-script.sh ; ./the-script.sh).

Cut and paste windows

• Description: Allow to easily move multiple windows at once from source tags to a target tag. Cut focused windows with Mod-y, and paste them with Mod-p.

• Source: cut-paste.sh

Switch previously focused window in a tag

• Description: Allow to switch previously focused window in a given tag. Previous windows are remembered on tag switches.

• Source: lastwin.sh

Minimize and unminimize windows (as a toggle)

• Description: Allow to minimize and un-minimize clients in a LIFO way (last minimized client will be un-minimized first). If only one window is minimized, Mod-Unminimizekey works like a toggle (use case: user minimizes only one window per tag most of the time).

• Source: unminimize.sh

• Note: the same script without the toggle-like feature is available here.

Easy-access alternative tag

• Description: Associate another tag (postfixed with "bis") to a master tag. User can toggle between "bis" tag and master tag with Mod+b, or move window between them with Mod+Shift+b.

• Use case example: associate a task-specific browser to a task-specific tag.

• Source: bis.sh

• Note: panel should be customized to not display tags ending with "bis" (for instance by defining a custom tag_renderer method in barpyrus).

Dynamic tags

• Description: Create/remove new tags in addition to those defined in autostart. Mod-n creates a tag; Mod-Shift-n removes it. When removing a tag, all remaining windows are merged to a dedicated merge tag. "Bis" tags from the bis.sh scripts are removed too, if exist. To avoid accidental removing of static tags, Mod-Shift-n only has an effect with tags created with this script.

• Warning: requires dmenu, or get_name function needs to be adapted.

• Source: addtag.sh

VIM-like marks for tags

• Description: Implement VIM-like marks for tags. One-letter mark can be set/unset on a tag (Mod+Alt+[a-z]/Mod+Alt+Shift+[a-z]); marked tags are focusable with Mod+Ctrl+[a-z]; and windows are movable to a marked tag with Mod+Ctrl+Shift+[a-z].

• Attribute: The mark of a tag is available (i.e. to be displayed on the panel) with the following attribute: tags.*.my_mark

• Use case example: allow easy access to dynamic tags created with addtag.sh.

• Source: mark-tags.sh

"Sticky" mpv and mplayer

• Warning: This script is not 100% robust (especially in regard with frame manipulation); it works fine for all my use cases, but may requires adaptations for other users.

• Description: Allow mpv and mplayer windows to become "sticky", i.e. visible in all tags, either in a "sticky frame" on the right, or in in fullscreen using the maximized.sh script.

  Mod-v toggles on/off the sticky frame.

• Hook: Emit the "video_sticky_changed" hook when toggling sticky frame.

• Attribute: tags.*.my_videoframe attribute could be queried, for instance to display the "sticky frame" status on a panel.

• Source: videosticky.sh