qt

qt is a simple WM built in Auto Hot Key (AHK). I tried to keep it as minimal as possible (currently under 700 lines) while still being simple to use and easy to expand on. By default it has six layouts, top stack, bottom stack, left stack, right stack, monocle, and float. More layouts can easily be added if you have a basic understanding of AHK.

If you need help in development please read over the Plugins tutorial (not yet written).

Colemak layout uses the keys that corespond position wise to QWERTY.

Hotkeys

qt has 17 default hotkeys, and more are added via plugins. # means the Windows Key.

• + A: Activates Left Stack Layout.

• + S: Activates Bottom Stack Layout.

• + D: Activates Top Stack Layout.

• + F: Activates Right Stack Layout.

• + Q: Activates Monocle Layout.

• + W: Activates Float Layout.

• + 1: Move to workspace 1.

• + 2: Move to workspace 2.

• + 3: Move to workspace 3.

• + 4: Move to workspace 4.

• + 5: Move to workspace 5.

• + 6: Move to workspace 6.

• + 7: Move to workspace 7.

• + 8: Move to workspace 8.

• + 9: Move to workspace 9.

• + Z: Tile the window.

• + X: Untile the window.

Config

To change your qt settings you must edit the config.txt file in the Data folder. qt uses commands to change settings which makes it easy for plugins to add options but isn't the most intuitive for beginers (A GUI config is planned, but not yet in development). To use a command simply type the cmd(X1,X2,X3,...,Xn) where cmd is the name of the command and x are the parameters. You can also add comments to your config file via ";" if you feel the need to.

Border

• border(Vertical Border, Horizontal Border, Extra Vertical Border, Extra Horizontal Border): border() controls the borders between windows. The first two parameters determine the distance between windows. The last two parameters determine the gap between the window edges and the monitor edge. *Note The gap between the window and the monitor edges is added to the regular border.

• border(Vertical and Horizontal Border, Extra Vertical and Extra Horizontal Border): Combines the first two and last two parameters in the command above into 2 parameters.

Taskbar

• taskbar(Monitor, Top Taskbar, Bottom Taskbar, Left taskbar, Right Taskbar): taskbar() allows you to tell qt that you have a taskbar on your monitor and that it should not place windows over them. The first parameter is the monitor you are going to define taskbars for. The next 4 parameters are the height of your taskbar at different locations on your monitor.

Remove Title

• removeTitle(): removeTitle() tells qt to automatically remove titlebars from windows when they are created. It does not take any parameters.

Exclusion

• exclusion(Window Class 1, Window Class 2, ..., Window Class n): exclusion() tells qt what Window Class's it should ignore when creating windows. By default the config contains several classes that qt should ignore. It can take an infinite number of parameters.

Speed

• speed(Batch Speed, Window Speed, Key Speed): speed() effects the delay of things in the script. The first parameter determines how often the script takes a break. If this parameter does not include the "ms" ending to define it as milliseconds, the script will interpret it as lines instead of milliseconds. This can severely slow down qt. The Second parameter sets the delay when moving windows. The Third parameter is the delay when using hotkeys. Make sure not to include the "ms" ending on the last two parameters.

Stack

• stack(Top and Bottom Stack Ratio, Left and Right Stack Ratio): stack() determines the ratio between the main window and the side windows. The Main window is always (n - 1)/n, where n is the ratio you set.

Neg Border

• negBorder(Window Borders): negBorder() is a replacement to border(). negBorder only receives 1 parameter and it is the width of your window borders. negBorder() will make it so that your window borders overlap in such a way that they become half the size. negBorder() only looks good with windows classic and certain Custom Visual Styles.

Workspace

• workspace(Number of Workspaces): workspace() sets the number of workspaces qt keeps track of. This can be a number between 1 and 9.

Todo List

• Add Dvorak Layout.

• Add Plugin Development documentation.

• Add GUI config editor.

• Add Fibonacci spiral and Dwindle layout (Fibonacci Plugin).

• Add Foobar2000 Support (Taskbar Plugin)

• Add Icon Support (Taskbar Plugin)

Change Log

0.2.1

• Improved documentation.

• Fixed minimized window tiling.

0.2.0

• Added an option to use fewer then 9 workspaces.

• Added floating window layout.

• Added Navigation plugin.

• Added Mono space font support to Taskbar plugin.

• Changed the default hotkeys.

• Changed Split plugin hotkeys.

• Improved window management.

• Improved quality of mouse plugin.

• Fixed Mouse plugin bugs.

• Fixed empty space in layouts bug.

0.1.1

• Added Colemak Layout

• Added Plugin to toggle Borders around Windows

• Added Colemak Layout to Split Plugin

• Added Icons to be used in future releases

• Added return statement information to the main config methods

• Improved Mouse Plugin

• Improved Taskbar Plugin

• Improved Window removal detection

0.1.0

• Original Release