I'm on macOS since more than a decade now, and I always used a tool like Rectangle (before that: Spectacle) for managing my applications windows and the built-in workspace system of macOS.
Therefore, after many years, I've always be a bit jalous of the tiling experience of Linux, feeling "snappy". And I take so much time to just make a quick Google search to find this kind of experience for macOS...
Introducing AeroSpace
And here it is, the alternative I was looking about: AeroSpace. Some key features :
- Use a tree paradigm for managing the window
- custom emulation of virtual workspaces
- configuration through TOML file
I've been using it on my work laptop for a month now and I could not going back.
Simple configuration
All is pretty well documented, the default file config has a lot of helpful commands and links to the documentation.
It's pretty straight forward, you bind a set of keymaps to an action like this :
alt-1 = 'workspace 1'
alt-2 = 'workspace 2'You can also add shortcuts to run a command line :
alt-enter = 'exec-and-forget open -n /Applications/WezTerm.app'Switch the window focus through Vim keymap:
alt-h = 'focus left'
alt-j = 'focus down'
alt-k = 'focus up'
alt-l = 'focus right'The hardest part: memorization
Like when you start using Vim, you have a lot of shortcuts to learn and remember.
I had the same feeling but by using the features you need, you will force your brain to memorize these shortcuts !