OS X Divvy emulation for EWMH-compliant (Unix-like) Window Managers

divvy.sh

#!/bin/sh

DEST="$1"

if [ -z "$DEST" ]; then
	echo "USAGE: $0 [location]"
	echo -e "\nsupported locations: "
	echo -e "\thalf-left, half-right"
	echo -e "\tthird-left, third-middle, third-right"
	echo -e "\tquarter-top-left, quarter-rop-right, quarter-bottom-left, quarter-bottom-right"
	echo -e "\nTo make this useful, use a key shortcut for each command :)"
	exit 1
fi
# set system info here
NUM_MONITORS=3
MON_HEIGHT=1080
MON_WIDTH=1920

# get active window data
ACTIVE_WINDOW_DATA=`xwininfo -id $(xprop -root | awk '/_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW\(WINDOW\)/{print $NF}')`

# get the window's current position
X_POS=`echo "$ACTIVE_WINDOW_DATA" | grep "Absolute upper-left X" | awk '{print$4}'`
Y_POS=`echo "$ACTIVE_WINDOW_DATA" | grep "Absolute upper-left Y" | awk '{print$4}'`

echo "X: $X_POS Y: $Y_POS"

# determine which monitor it's on
for i in `seq 0 $NUM_MONITORS`; do
	let MON_START=$MON_WIDTH*$i

	if [ $X_POS -ge $MON_START ]; then
		ACTIVE_MONITOR=$i
	else 
		break
	fi
done

# it was 0-indexed, plus one
let ACTIVE_MONITOR+=1

echo "ACTIVE MONITOR: $ACTIVE_MONITOR"

if [ -z "$ACTIVE_MONITOR" ]; then
	echo "Unable to determine which monitor we are on. What a shame. Quitting"
	exit 1
fi

let HALF_X_SIZE=$MON_WIDTH/2
let HALF_Y_SIZE=$MON_HEIGHT/2
let HALF_RIGHT_POS=($MON_WIDTH*$ACTIVE_MONITOR)-$HALF_X_SIZE
let HALF_LEFT_POS=($MON_WIDTH*$ACTIVE_MONITOR)-$MON_WIDTH

let THIRD_X_SIZE=$MON_WIDTH/3
let THIRD_RIGHT_POS=($MON_WIDTH*$ACTIVE_MONITOR)-$THIRD_X_SIZE
let THIRD_LEFT_POS=($MON_WIDTH*$ACTIVE_MONITOR)-$MON_WIDTH
let THIRD_MIDDLE_POS=$THIRD_LEFT_POS+$THIRD_X_SIZE

let QUARTER_X_SIZE=$HALF_X_SIZE
let QUARTER_Y_SIZE=$MON_HEIGHT/2
let QUARTER_TOP_LEFT_POS=$HALF_LEFT_POS
let QUARTER_TOP_RIGHT_POS=$HALF_RIGHT_POS
let QUARTER_BOTTOM_LEFT_POS=$HALF_LEFT_POS
let QUARTER_BOTTOM_RIGHT_POS=$HALF_RIGHT_POS

# -e GRAVITY,X_POS,Y_POS,X_WIDTH,Y_WIDTH
case "$DEST" in
	half-right)
		echo "half-right"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$HALF_RIGHT_POS,0,$HALF_X_SIZE,$MON_HEIGHT
		;;
	half-left)
		echo "half-left"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$HALF_LEFT_POS,0,$HALF_X_SIZE,$MON_HEIGHT
		;;	
	third-right)
		echo "third left"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$THIRD_RIGHT_POS,0,$THIRD_X_SIZE,$MON_HEIGHT
		;;
	third-middle)
		echo "third middle"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$THIRD_MIDDLE_POS,0,$THIRD_X_SIZE,$MON_HEIGHT	
		;;		
	third-left)
		echo "third left"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$THIRD_LEFT_POS,0,$THIRD_X_SIZE,$MON_HEIGHT	
		;;
	quarter-top-left)
		echo "quarter top left"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$QUARTER_TOP_LEFT_POS,0,$QUARTER_X_SIZE,$QUARTER_Y_SIZE
		;;
	quarter-top-right)
		echo "quarter top right"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$QUARTER_TOP_RIGHT_POS,0,$QUARTER_X_SIZE,$QUARTER_Y_SIZE
		;;	
	quarter-bottom-left)
		echo "quarter bottom left"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$QUARTER_BOTTOM_LEFT_POS,$HALF_Y_SIZE,$QUARTER_X_SIZE,$QUARTER_Y_SIZE
		;;		
	quarter-bottom-right)
		echo "quarter bottom right"
		wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$QUARTER_BOTTOM_RIGHT_POS,$HALF_Y_SIZE,$QUARTER_X_SIZE,$QUARTER_Y_SIZE
		;;			
esac

What's Divvy?

Window management at its finest

... and now you can have a taste even if you don't have a mac 😀