apandhi / autumn

A macOS window manager for JavaScript hackers

Autumn Window Manager

Autumn is a MacOS window manager built for javascript hackers. It was originally developed by Sephware and opened sourced in hopes that the community would keep the project alive.

Installing / Getting started

To get started, you can download the latest release from the releases tab

Developing

Prerequisites

• Xcode 10.1 or higher

To start developing, simply clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/apandhi/Autumn.git
cd Autumn

Building

When you're ready to build a release, you can use the following:

./makelocal.sh

The build will be located at:

./build/Release/Autumn.app

Features

You can read more about the features here: https://apandhi.github.io/Autumn/

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

Links

• Project homepage: https://apandhi.github.io/Autumn/
• Repository: https://github.com/apandhi/Autumn/
• Issue tracker: https://github.com/apandhi/Autumn/issues

Licensing

The code in this project is licensed under GPLv3 license. You can find the license file here: LICENSE

autumn's Issues

Any update?

Wanted to give it a new try. Unfortunately, found that last update was in 2019.

Split into a cmd tool and IDE as two different tools

Some might want to use this with their own editor, maybe split it into two parts, one command-line-tool that's the Autumn engine, and one IDE as a separate tool.

Compile error with XCode 14.3.1 on Ventura 13.5

I cloned the repo, installed XCode 14.3.1 (I'm not an active macOS/iOS dev), ran it to accept terms and install any dependencies.
When I run ./makelocal.sh it stops with a compile error:

In file included from /Users/me/dev/external/Autumn/Autumn/Core/ObservedEvent.m:6:
/Users/edoloughlin/dev/external/Autumn/Autumn/Core/ObservedEvent.h:13:62: error: expected a type
- (instancetype) initWithEvent:(CFStringRef)event ofElement:(AXUIElementRef)element;
                                                             ^

Reorder windows on z-axis

Hey there,

super cool window manager, thanks for making it public!

Is there a way to move windows further to the back / front? The use case: I'd like to position two windows on the same location and toggle between them by changing their order on the z-axis.

I've searched the (very well made) documentation, but haven't found any indication to do so. Did I miss it somehwere?

Add lock and unlock screen to power object

I was wondering if it would be possible to add lock screen and unlock callback to the power object.

This article talks a bit about it if it can be of any help: https://kanecheshire.com/blog/2014/10/13/351/

Frame size of scaled monitors is not recognized

I noticed that Autumn sets windows on my 4K monitor with a native screen size of 1920 × 1080 (which I run on a scaled 2560 × 1440 size) to 1920 × 1080 (and only fills a part of the screen) when I execute Window.focusedWindow().moveToPercentOfScreen({x: 0, y: 0, width: 1, height: 1}). I can manually adjust by using 1.333, but I couldn’t find a way to read out the monitors scaling and adjust automatically. I personally think 100% should be the size of the actual screen size.

Constant beachball

Hello there,

I'm trying out Autumn and after running some scripts it is now constantly beachballing while trying to just use the editor (even without the script running). Any ideas on how to reset it?

Add percentOfScreen getter to window object

Much like moveToPercentOfScreen, it would be handy if there were a Window.percentOfScreen() getter.

I want to use this to so I can throw a window to the next screen, but maintain its relative position/sizing.

When expanding content in the console the scroll is reset

When executing commands in the console and trying to expand the result the scroll is not being kept. The console scroll is brought to the top position again.

Mission Control Workspaces (question)

Hi @apandhi thank you for sharing this great application I really enjoy using it! As I understand Autumncannot work with Mission Control workspaces? Am I right?

Is there a way to copy to and paste from clipboard?

Looks like Pasteboard.stringContents will let you see what's already on the clipboard, but I don't see a way to automate copying or pasting. My use-case is that I'd like to generate a string with some javascript, using current time and date, insert it into the clipboard, so that I can either automatically paste or then hit CMD-V to paste.

Window.moveToPercentOfScreen moves the window to the primary screen, rather than resizing in the windows's current screen

The docs for Window.moveToPercentOfScreen say "...of the window's current screen" -- but there seems to be a side effect in which the window in moved to the primary monitor in a 2-monitor setup.

Ability to get Menu state for apps

I would like to act upon options that may or may not be present in a menu while in an app . For example within Zoom I want to know if I am muted or if my video is on

Focus is not bringing the window to the front

When trying to focus a specific window with a Hotkey the window is not being brought to the front. It stays behind other windows. Is this the expected behavior?

And isFocused is being interpreted in the IDE as a property instead of a method.