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## About
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`eyebrowse` is a global minor mode for Emacs that allows you to manage
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your window configurations in a simple manner, just like tiling window
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managers like i3wm with their workspaces do. It displays their
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current state in the modeline by default. The behaviour is modeled
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after [ranger], a file manager written in Python.
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## Screenshot
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See the lighter and the modeline indicator at the right side of the
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bottom modeline? That's what you get to see after enabling eyebrowse.
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## Installation
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Install via `package.el` from the [MELPA (stable)] repository by
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setting them up if you haven't already and executing `M-x
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package-install RET eyebrowse RET`.
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## Quick Tutorial
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Use `M-x eyebrowse-mode` to enable `eyebrowse` interactively. If you
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want to enable it automatically on startup, add `(eyebrowse-mode t)`
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to your init file (either `~/.emacs` or `~/.emacs.d/init.el`).
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You start with your current window config on slot 1. Once you hit
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`C-c C-w 2`, you will see the modeline indicator appearing and showing
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slot 1 and 2 with slot 2 slightly emphasized. Slot 1 has been saved
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automatically for you and contains your last window config. Do
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something meaningful like a window split, then hit `C-c C-w 1`. The
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window config on slot 2 is saved and the window config from slot 1 is
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loaded. Try switching back and forth between them with `C-c C-w '` to
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get a feeling for how subsequent window manipulations are handled.
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To make keeping track of workspaces easier, a tagging feature was
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added. Use `C-c C-w ,` to set a tag for the current window config, it
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will both appear in the modeline indicator and when using `M-x
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eyebrowse-switch-to-window-config`. Setting the tag to an empty value
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will undo this change.
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## Key bindings
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The default key bindings are:
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| Key bind | Function |
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|-----------+----------------------------------|
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| C-c C-w < | Switch to previous window config |
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| C-c C-w > | Switch to next window config |
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| C-c C-w ' | Switch to last window config |
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| C-c C-w " | Close current window config |
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| C-c C-w , | Rename current window config |
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| C-c C-w 0 | Switch to window config 0 |
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| ... | ... |
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| C-c C-w 9 | Switch to window config 9 |
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## Further Customization
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Use `M-x customize-group RET eyebrowse` for a list of customizable
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options. The more interesting ones would be `eyebrowse-wrap-around`
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and `eyebrowse-switch-back-and-forth` which affect both wrap around
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and lazier switching. It is also possible to change the behaviour of
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creation of new workspaces by customizing `eyebrowse-new-workspace`.
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By default the last one is simply cloned, setting it to `t` will start
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out with as empty of a slate as possible (by just displaying a single
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window with the scratch buffer in it).
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The prefix for each binding defaults to `C-c C-w`, but you can change
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it to something else by customizing `eyebrowse-keymap-prefix`. If you
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want to change it in your init file, insert the customization before
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loading `eyebrowse.el`. This includes enabling it with an auto-loaded
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function, such as `eyebrowse-setup-evil-keys`,
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`eyebrowse-setup-opinionated-keys` or `eyebrowse-mode`.
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If you're not happy with the default keybindings, a riskier set can be
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enabled additionally either by executing `M-:
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(eyebrowse-setup-opinionated-keys)` interactively or inserting
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`(eyebrowse-setup-opinionated-keys)` in your init file. If the
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function detects the [evil] package, it will enable extra key bindings
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for it as well.
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The extra key bindings are:
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| Key bind | Function |
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|----------+----------------------------------|
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| C-<, gT | Switch to previous window config |
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| C->, gt | Switch to next window config |
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| C-', zx | Switch to last window config |
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| C-", gc | Close current window config |
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| M-0 | Switch to window config 0 |
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| ... | ... |
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| M-9 | Switch to window config 9 |
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## Internals
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This mode basically wraps what `C-x r w` and `C-x r j` would do, but
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takes care of automatically saving and loading to a separate data
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structure for you and does it in a slightly different manner (see
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`window-state-put` and `window-state-get` for more details) to allow for
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features like persistency in combination with [desktop.el].
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## Notes
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The `window-state-put` and `window-state-get` functions do not save
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all window parameters. If you use features like side windows that
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store the window parameters `window-side` and `window-slot`, you will
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need to customize `window-persistent-parameters` for them to be saved
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as well:
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(add-to-list 'window-persistent-parameters '(window-side . writable))
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(add-to-list 'window-persistent-parameters '(window-slot . writable))
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See [\#52] for further discussion.
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## Persistence
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[desktop.el] provides a built-in solution for saving and restoring
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window configurations. See [eyebrowse-restore] for an alternative
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solution to selectively restore window configurations, for example
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when using several frames.
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## Alternatives
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The two most popular window configuration packages are [elscreen] and
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[escreen]. Both are fairly old and have their share of bugs. The
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closest package I've found so far to eyebrowse with workspace-specific
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buffers would be [perspective]. [wconf] is a minimal alternative with
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half the lines of code (and features). To have fancy features such as
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morphing, try [workgroups] or [workgroups2].
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## Name
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Actually, I wanted to name this mode "eyebrows" for no real reason,
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but then a silly typo happened. The typo stuck. So did the new name.
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[image]: img/eyebrows.gif
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[ranger]: https://ranger.github.io/
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[screenshot]: img/scrot.png
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[MELPA (stable)]: http://melpa.org/
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[evil]: https://bitbucket.org/lyro/evil/wiki/Home
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[desktop.el]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Saving-Emacs-Sessions.html#Saving-Emacs-Sessions
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[\#52]: https://github.com/wasamasa/eyebrowse/issues/52
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[eyebrowse-restore]: https://github.com/FrostyX/eyebrowse-restore
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[elscreen]: https://github.com/shosti/elscreen
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[escreen]: https://github.com/emacsattic/escreen
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[perspective]: https://github.com/nex3/perspective-el
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[wconf]: https://github.com/ilohmar/wconf
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[workgroups]: https://github.com/tlh/workgroups.el
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[workgroups2]: https://github.com/pashinin/workgroups2
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