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…a feel for the scrolling WM workflow, and see if it's worth switching to niri proper for you. [0] https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by atlintots · 2025-10-03 · in Niri – A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor

…or so. For work we have OSX, and I am really missing it there (I am using rectangle there instead). https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM?tab=readme-ov-file#usage

comment by Pfeil · 2025-05-20 · in Show HN: A Tiling Window Manager for Windows, Written in Janet

…in a Gnome extension form. It might actually also be the first to implement that kind of workflow. https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by wao0uuno · 2025-03-13 · in The Future Is Niri

…but Gnome and Kwin offer some options these days: https://github.com/ellysaurus/KWin-TilingGuide/ https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM https://github.com/peterfajdiga/karousel there might be more

comment by dingnuts · 2025-03-12 · in The Future Is Niri

…I had a good introduction to the scrollable WM experience on GNOME with the PaperWM extension: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by evanjrowley · 2025-03-12 · in The Future Is Niri

There is also PaperWM https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM it works pretty well. I would be using it if i didnt switch to Cosmic.

comment by omnimus · 2025-01-26 · in Chimera Linux works toward a simplified desktop

PaperWM https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM is very neat and I've been using it for a while

comment by th0ma5 · 2024-08-26 · in Linux: We need tiling desktop environments

Related projects (from niri’s README): PaperWM (Gnome) https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM karousel (KDE) https://github.com/peterfajdiga/karousel niri (wayland) https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri hyprscroller (hyprland plugin)…

comment by hkmaxpro · 2024-08-24 · in Papersway – a scrollable window management for Sway/i3wm

…project) is an impressive research UI experiment which is a bit too far out for my daily use. 1. https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM?tab=readme-ov-file#paperw... 2. https://arcan-fe.com/2021/04/12/introducing-pipeworld/

comment by 20after4 · 2024-07-26 · in Show HN: Haystack – an IDE for exploring and editing code on an infinite canvas

…even use their computer the normal way when these exist. [1]: https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri [2]: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM PS: Check out Niri's releases section for videos.

comment by NayamAmarshe · 2024-05-23 · in Cortile – Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support

…the windows to be automatically put side by side: [1] https://github.com/mogenson/PaperWM.spoon [2] https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by nsonha · 2023-12-03 · in Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS

…is quite a well done implementation. I've been using it for a few months now, works very good. [1]: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by YaLTeR · 2023-09-03 · in Niri: A scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor

I like PaperWM[1] a lot. 1. https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by fpina · 2023-07-26 · in Rethinking Window Management

…before. I also use PaperWM[1] with it and it feels particularly effective on ultrawides. [1]: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by dgunay · 2023-04-03 · in Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?

…[0]: https://i3wm.org/ [1]: https://swaywm.org/ [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/ [3]: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by pqb · 2023-01-31 · in Elementary OS 7

…do some strokes and scroll back to Krita's window - without having to resize it in half. [0] https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by Gualdrapo · 2022-02-23 · in Cardboard: a scrollable tiling window manager

…is an excellent tool called PaperWM[1] that provides fantastic window tiling and customization. [1] https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by wanderingmind · 2022-02-08 · in KDE: A Nice Tiling Environment and a Surprisingly Awesome DE

…anything above itself, I just do not want to bother with it. (1) https://material-shell.com/ (2) https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM (3) https://web.archive.org/web/20140414061316/http://10gui.com/

comment by alexvoda · 2021-11-16 · in I ended up liking GNOME with the loss of one hand

https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM for Gnome is just like that, it's a wonderful concept.

comment by meatcar · 2021-03-04 · in Navigate your code like it's 2021

…tiling wm) 16:9 is ideal for me But I get it, not for most people but then again my desktop is 21:9 https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM >16:9 screens are cramped I think this depends on the screen size. Small screen, yes, because you mostly…

comment by jeppesen-io · 2021-01-20 · in Goodbye and good riddance to the 16:9 aspect ratio

…works super well for me. I'm only ever a couple keystrokes away from whatever I need to see. [0] https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by lessthanseventy · 2020-12-16 · in I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

…[1]: https://github.com/mackstann/tinywm [2]: https://github.com/i3/i3 [3]: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by pqb · 2020-12-16 · in I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

…to arrange them on. I'm thoroughly enjoying it and vastly prefer it to tiling and floating windows https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by HungSu · 2020-12-04 · in A terminal-based workflow for research, writing, and programming

PaperWM is inspired by/implements parts of this: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM/

comment by dflock · 2020-09-17 · in Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME

Shameless plug: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM/ Gets rid of window overlap, but doesn't force all windows to be fully visible at the same time.

comment by olejorgenb · 2020-09-16 · in Material Shell – A modern desktop interface for GNOME

Like this,paperwm? https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by lymitshn · 2020-08-27 · in Show HN: Vim-Like Layer for Xorg and Wayland

…( https://jvns.ca/blog/2020/01/05/paperwm/ ) have a short gif demonstrating scrolling and this PR ( https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM/pull/225#issuecomment-575... ) show the newish drag'n'drop functionality.

comment by olejorgenb · 2020-03-28 · in PaperWM: Tiled scrollable window management for Gnome Shell

…of a tiled scrolling (window) manager based on GNOME SDK (Mutter) that runs in GNOME session. [0]: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

comment by piotrkubisa · 2020-02-03 · in Building a Linux Desktop for Cloud Native Development

Yes, the scrollable tiling concept looks really similar to our approach: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM/ (except "stack" seems to be restricted to webpages?)

comment by olejorgenb · 2019-09-23 · in Show HN: Stack – Use all your apps at the same time on 1 screen

…the browser layout engine like css grid and flexbox. A question to finish: what do you think of https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM ?

comment by amirouche · 2019-06-30 · in Show HN: Xlambda – A window manager extensible in Guile

The tiling mechanics[1] looks very similar to our gnome-shell plugin: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM (we also allow vertical tiling and mixing floating windows) To my knowledge there's no any other tiling window manager that implements…

comment by olejorgenb · 2019-06-11 · in Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for productivity

Our gnome-shell plugin https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM implements a similar tiling mechanism. Although we allow mixing tiled and floating windows. Things like "minimize" and "pin" are on the road map.

comment by olejorgenb · 2019-06-11 · in Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for productivity

Our gnome-shell plugin https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM actually implements the tiling aspect of this mockup. Although we allow partially visible windows and mixing tiled and floating windows.

comment by olejorgenb · 2019-06-11 · in Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for productivity