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Initial test heavily suggests spatial currently does not work as expected on i3.

Hello,

I would very much like to try Spatial Shell. I run the latest release of Debian, "bookworm". I have no OCaml experience. When I try to use your build instructions, this is what happens:

swhitton@zephyr:~/src/spatial-shell>eval $(opam env --switch=default)
swhitton@zephyr:~/src/spatial-shell>make build-deps

<><> Installing new switch packages <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Switch invariant: ["ocaml-system"]

<><> Processing actions <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
∗ installed base-bigarray.base
∗ installed base-threads.base
∗ installed base-unix.base
∗ installed ocaml-system.4.13.1
∗ installed ocaml-config.2
∗ installed ocaml.4.13.1
Done.
# Run eval $(opam env) to update the current shell environment

<><> Updating package repositories ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
[default] no changes from https://opam.ocaml.org
[spatial-shell.6] synchronised (file:///home/swhitton/src/spatial-shell)
spatial-shell is now pinned to git+file:///home/swhitton/src/spatial-shell#main (version 7-dev)

<><> Synchronising pinned packages ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
[spatial-shell.7-dev] synchronised (git+file:///home/swhitton/src/spatial-shell#main)

[ERROR] Package conflict!
  * Incompatible packages:
- (invariant) → ocaml-system
- spatial-shell >= 7-dev → ocaml >= 5.0.0 → ocaml-base-compiler < 5.0.2~
You can temporarily relax the switch invariant with `--update-invariant'
  * Missing dependency:
- spatial-shell >= 7-dev → ocaml >= 5.0.0 → ocaml-variants < 5.2.1~ → ocaml-beta
unmet availability conditions: 'enable-ocaml-beta-repository'

No solution found, exiting
make: *** [Makefile:46: build-deps] Error 20
2 swhitton@zephyr:~/src/spatial-shell>ocaml --version
The OCaml toplevel, version 4.13.1

I would be grateful for any input.

I am a Debian Developer, and so if I find I like Spatial Shell, I would be interested in getting it into the official Debian and Ubuntu repositories. But got to try it out locally first :)

We already have an AUR package for Spatial Shell, but it does not follow Archlinux guidelines to have the OCaml dependencies packaged individually.

Some dependencies are missing from AUR. Let’s keep track of them.

• ezjsonm-encoding
  • ezjsonm
    • jsonm
    • hex
      • cstruct
• poll
  • kqueue

Floating windows should not be counted as part of the ribbon of windows in any workspace. From spatial perspective, a tiled window becoming floating should be akin to a destroyed window, and a floating window turning tiled should be considered as newly created.

Borrow the concept from Desktop Neo.

From my understanding, spatial should be compatible with i3, we “just” need to change the socket path.

Famous last words, though.

Hello,

I've now published my Perl implementation of this. I've added a link to this project and I would be grateful if you'd add a link back to papersway.

https://spwhitton.name/tech/code/papersway/

How difficult you think it would be to implement?

• Kill and spawn swaybg executable
• Make this configurable
  • Choose the image
  • Choose the color
• Investigate using a daemon to get smoother transition (like swww or a dedicated spatialbg)
• Investigate i3 compatibility (related to #3)

Based on a comment on lobste.rs.

eww looks pretty neat.

Sorry for such a basic question, I don't have any experience with ocaml. I have been looking for something like this for a while.