WinSplit Revolution for openbox?

Question

When on Windows I commonly use WinSplit Revolution to arrange my windows.

I found a plug-in for compiz fusion that does a similar task, but I am using openbox. Are there any programs that can do the same thing (press hotkeys -> move + resize window) for Openbox?

Answer 1

I've cloned WinSplit Revolution with a lightweight C++ program whose only dependency is libx. It should work under any window manager that is NetWM compliant, which OpenBox claims to be. It is quite easy to build and install.

http://code.google.com/p/snappy-util/

Answer 2

With Unity is more easily,

active Bloq Number in your keyboard, so you chose the window and you have deferent size and position with this combination:

Ctrl + Alt + 8,

Ctrl + Alt + 7,

Ctrl + Alt + 9,

Ctrl + Alt + 4,

Ctrl + Alt + 5,

Ctrl + Alt + 6,

Ctrl + Alt + 1,

Ctrl + Alt + 2,

Ctrl + Alt + 3,

Ctrl + Alt + 0

Answer 3

Here's an interesting recent thread from crunchbanglinux :
My Attempt to Bring Winsplit Revolution to Linux

There, the user pico writes that he is working on a program he calls azelejo .

Pico's brief introduction for the project is here: Introducing Azulejo

He has working code on bitbucket that you can try to make sure it works with openbox. (However, openbox is the default windowmanager for crunchbang, so my assumption is that it should.)

Two other possibilities are xmonad and PyTyle .

Answer 4

development in azulejo is going slow but steady. I fixed a few bugs and built a deb package so anyone can try it with minimal effort.

http://lamehacks.net/blog/tag/azulejo/

The default keymap looks like this:

Super+2     Place two windows side by side
Super+3     Place a window on the left half of the screen and two on the right half
Super+4     Arrange four windows two by two
Super+R     Rotate windows' positions i.e. cycle windows
Super+H     Resize and move current window to the left
Super+K     Resize and move current window to the right
Super+Y     Resize and move current window to left upper corner
Super+U     Resize and move current window to right upper corner
Super+B     Resize and move current window to left lower corner
Super+N     Resize and move current window to right lower corner

I tried to make it as customizable as possible. You can redefine everything from keyboard shortcuts to window geometries. As it is, it fulfills my needs, I'm using it everyday on openbox and sometimes on gnome. I wouldn't mind (it's fun) polishing it a bit more and add a couple of features if it gets a bit of a userbase.