Window Layout selecter

Question

Is there a package that helps me to choose a predefined layout for an arbitrary number of windows in a frame? I would be perfect if it works in a similar way to the select-layout function in tmux.

EDIT

Here is a gif showing how tmux switches between different layouts

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Are you looking for something that will adjust the layout of existing windows (perhaps adding or removing some windows also)? Or instead, something to open a window layout with particular buffers? Sorry if that's answered by the select-layout reference, I don't know tmux — Croad Langshan, Mar 18 '15 at 21:42
I would like to have the first option. I found a example showing what I would like to have. — kain88, Mar 19 '15 at 11:37

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 19 '15 at 14:21

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I don't think that it will works exactly the way that you want it, but emacs-rotate could be useful. You may have to add some custom Elisp to serve your specific purposes but check it though.

Even though I have a large monitor, I don't split-windows that much unless it's to watch the output of couple of "consoles".

answered Mar 19 '15 at 14:21

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yes this is what I was looking for. – kain88 Mar 20 '15 at 10:19

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 13 '15 at 02:16

glad to know that someone is looking for this. I was also inspired by tmux and have wrote an elisp exactly for this purpose .

Please download and install https://github.com/lgfang/elisp/blob/master/tiling.el

Then you can "C-\" to switch among predefined layouts, or 'C-u 4 C-\' to tile the last 4 active windows using a predefined layout.

This is by no means a good elisp since I am not an elisp elite. However, that is one of the fun of emacs: you can add functionalities per your very own needs. Isn't it.

Window Layout selecter

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