Mjolnir.grille

A module for moving/resizing your windows along a virtual and horizontal grid(s), using a fluent interface (see Usage below).

mjolnir.grille was based on mjolnir.sd.grid (can't find it anymore) and mjolnir.bg.grid modules, but went through significant modifications to suit my workflows. For example, it allows one to use multiple grids at the same time and uses a fluent interface, so the intentions are more readable.

The grid is an partition of your screen; by default it is 3x3, that is, 3 cells wide by 3 cells tall.

Grid cells are just a table with keys: x, y, w, h

For a grid of 2x2:

• a cell {x=0, y=0, w=1, h=1} will be in the upper-left corner
• a cell {x=1, y=0, w=1, h=1} will be in the upper-right corner
• and so on...

Usage

local grid = require "mjolnir.grille"

-- default grid is 3x3
local grid33 = grid:new(3, 3)
local grid42 = grid:new(4, 2)

local cmdalt  = {"cmd", "alt"}
local scmdalt  = {"cmd", "alt", "shift"}
local ccmdalt = {"ctrl", "cmd", "alt"}

 -- move windows as per grid segments
 hotkey.bind(cmdalt, 'LEFT', grid33:focused():left():move())
 hotkey.bind(cmdalt, 'RIGHT', grid33:focused():right():move())

 -- resize windows to grid
 hotkey.bind(scmdalt, 'LEFT', grid33:focused():thinner():resize())
 hotkey.bind(scmdalt, 'RIGHT', grid33:focused():wider():resize())

 -- on a 3x3 grid make a 2x3 window and place it on left
 hotkey.bind(cmdalt, 'h', grid33:focused():wide(2):tallest():leftmost():place())

 -- on a 3x3 grid make a 1x3 window and place it rightmost
 hotkey.bind(cmdalt, 'j', grid33:focused():tallest():rightmost():place())

NOTE: One must start with grid:focused() or grid:window('title') and end with a command move(), place(), resize(), or act() (they are all synonyms for the same action). This chain of command will return a function that one can pass to hotkey.bind.