There has been a discussion recently in the Ubuntu forums about a way to trigger this 50/50% view in Compiz using wmctrl. It seems to even cope with dual monitors and change of resolution.
It is summarised here in a tutorial http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/11/aero-snap-ubuntu-linux.html I don't know if wmctrl would have any effect on mutter. 2009/11/21 Mark Curtis <[email protected]>: > Yeah I brought this up the other day > "Window Resizing in GNOME Shell" > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2009-November/msg00057.html > > I had a different idea, but agreed that it needs to be more than just the > left/right like Windows 7 > > Also speaking of Windows I AM TERRIBLY SORRY IF HOTMAIL ADDS A TAG LINE FOR > IT > > ________________________________ > Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:13:51 +0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Suggestion for better utilising screen space when using a > workspace > > There's actually some really nice functionality in Windows 7 for managing > this. If you pull a window over to the left-hand side of the monitor, it'll > fill up the left half; if you pull it to the right, it'll fill up the right. > It's simple and intuitive, and it may actually be something that Microsoft > got right in 7. > > (There are, of course, a few 'glitches' in the implementation in 7, such as > a lack of good multiple-monitor support, which means that you can't use the > right-hand side of your left-hand monitor and vice-versa.) > > On 20/11/2009 10:39 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hey all, > I find myself quite often resizing windows so I can read two, three or > sometimes even four windows all at once on a single workspace. It's always > quite a fiddly process and I would love to see gnome 3 / gnome-shell support > some sort of window management allowing me to better utilise > my screen-space. I don't know if this would fall under gnome-shell's remit > or not? I've heard windows 7 allows users to have a vertical separator, I > don't know if Mac has anything like this, if it does I've not seen it. > > The issue: > Monitors tend to be getting bigger and wider, having a single > window/application occupying the full window is sometimes inefficient. I > think gnome needs some way of partitioning off your workspace. > > Another alternative may be constraint-solving tiling window management > like in xmonad or scwm. > > Hans > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > ________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. Sign up > now. > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
