Metacity is a “boring window manager for the adult in you. Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios.”
But adding tools like Brightside and Devilspie to the mix is like strapping a rocket to your Cheerios box. They turn metacity from a lean, mean window managing machine into a lean, mean, fully programmable, bling-to-the-max window managing powerhouse!
How much time did you spend on this, seriously? 😉
I’ve been a Gnome/Metacity/Sawfish user since Gnome 1.2 and the fact that they dropped edge flipping in 2.0 was almost enough to make me switch to another DE/WM.
Over the years I’ve seen all my favorite features come back, But this one completes the circle. I’ve got edge flipping and life is good.
This is better than the day I discovered vertical maximize under Keyboard->Shortcuts.
I’m trying to figure out why I want a rocket engine (or two, as in the photo) attached to my box of Cheerios. I always thought they taste just fine without rocket fuel!
Metacity still lacks the Pack-window-{left,right,top,bottom} abilities from sawfish, which moves the window in the given direction till it meets either the border of the screen or the border of some other windows (nautilus icons not included).
Ken: that’s why they’re not built-in!
Three cheers for extensible architectures.
BTW, my favorite rocket pack for metacity is x2x: http://x2x.dottedmag.net/trac/do
Use an extra computer as an additional X display. (I know, it’s technically not a metacity hack, but it’s super-useful.)
I still can’t believe they ditched sawfish, you want lean, mean, clean, and extensible? doesn’t get any better than sawfish