Hi guys,

I'm on arch + xfce + x. I have been using 2x 1920x1200 monitors for ages but am considering a new 3840x1600 display. Currently, to my knowledge, there aren't any window tiling solutions that will meet my desires so I have to make my own. Where is a good place to start?

No bash
Python fine
C/C++ fine

Thanks,
Morgan

Edit: to clarify, I'm looking for suggestions on APIs that can detect for example the active window, its geometry, the geometry of its decorations, and allow them to be changed.

do you mean something like this: http://www.qtile.org/ ?

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Thanks for the reply.

I have seen Qtile before, but I'm not looking for an entire window manager. Just an API or tool that can be used to get information about windows and set their positions.

For example, right now I use a combination of QuickTile and scripts around wmctrl, xwininfo, and xdotool to manipulate windows to my liking via key bindings. However this solution is awfully clunky as QuickTile doesn't do everything I want and wmctrl, xwininfo, and xdotool all report or manipulate geometries slightly differently etc. I was hoping there was some clean C or Python API into X where I could implement all my tiling needs in one place.

It looks like libwnck may be what I want.