Autumn
Dev tools
window manager
SHOW HN2018
75points
38comments
#579of 2,155 in 2018
Top 27%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 4 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.27.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Documentation viewer and API design praised as clean and usable
From 2 comments
This site is great. It's clean, easy to read, and looks professional. It's hard for me to evaluate how useful this would be to my workflow without seeing the API, and it looks…
tptacek on HN> Searching through online documentation was always one of my most sore points when using other programmable window managers For me that is always one of the most sore points of…
badsectoracula on HN
Built-in documentation that is available offline
From 1 comment
> Searching through online documentation was always one of my most sore points when using other programmable window managers For me that is always one of the most sore points of…
badsectoracula on HN
Objections
Closed source, so it cannot be hacked on
From 2 comments
I feel deeply aligned with the goals of this project, but unfortunately (for me) I think a given solution is not really hackable unless it's open source. Depending on a given…
vemv on HNIt's a neat API as far as window managers go. But I'm afraid I can't use it unless it is open source. Most WMs are open source, Xmonad, awesome, and i3 come to mind. With a…
0x8BADF00D on HN
Trial length and paid price are a barrier
From 2 comments
Wish the trial was at least 30 days (and more documentation on the API). Not pointing fingers here, but please don't let us turn HN into Betalist.
huxflux on HNYes. I was just trying to learn Hammerspoon. This is more familiar language and has an IDE to boot. 7 days for trial isn’t that much for productivity app. Then again its only 8…
jarpineh on HN
Chrome warns that the download may be dangerous
From 1 comment
Chrome throws up a warning on download. Autumn.zip is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous. Discard. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/pVE2MrlcTa4
zsprackett on HN
Requests
Open source the project
From 2 comments
I feel like tools like this, which are intended to be used by developers for their own personal use, will have trouble succeeding if they aren't oss. It would be nice if the…
snek on HNI feel deeply aligned with the goals of this project, but unfortunately (for me) I think a given solution is not really hackable unless it's open source. Depending on a given…
vemv on HN
Online documentation on the website
From 2 comments
I feel like tools like this, which are intended to be used by developers for their own personal use, will have trouble succeeding if they aren't oss. It would be nice if the…
snek on HNThis site is great. It's clean, easy to read, and looks professional. It's hard for me to evaluate how useful this would be to my workflow without seeing the API, and it looks…
tptacek on HN
Support for ES modules
From 1 comment
I feel like tools like this, which are intended to be used by developers for their own personal use, will have trouble succeeding if they aren't oss. It would be nice if the…
snek on HN
Access to Mac notifications from other apps
From 1 comment
Thank you for your response. If the subject is interesting/useful I don’t believe forum software matters that much to us users. All those that you mentioned would work fine, I’d…
jarpineh on HN
Questions
Whether the API can react to notifications from other apps
From 2 comments
Yes. I was just trying to learn Hammerspoon. This is more familiar language and has an IDE to boot. 7 days for trial isn’t that much for productivity app. Then again its only 8…
jarpineh on HNThank you for your response. If the subject is interesting/useful I don’t believe forum software matters that much to us users. All those that you mentioned would work fine, I’d…
jarpineh on HN
Whether macOS allows tabbing different apps into one window
From 1 comment
General question: is it possible to assign different applications as tabs of one window on MacOS? A fellow developer does this via some app on his Windows box to keep entire…
Kabootit on HN
Alternatives named
Hammerspoon
From 2 comments
Some more macOS window managers, all free and opensource: Spectacle, Slate, Phoenix (similar to Slate) And by far my personal favorite: Mjolnir which is extensible in Lua! Also,…
armitron on HNHave you taken a look at Hammerspoon?
saagarjha on HN
Slate
From 2 comments
see also: Slate window manager, configured with javascript. https://github.com/jigish/slate
sneak on HNSome more macOS window managers, all free and opensource: Spectacle, Slate, Phoenix (similar to Slate) And by far my personal favorite: Mjolnir which is extensible in Lua! Also,…
armitron on HN
Phoenix
From 2 comments
Some more macOS window managers, all free and opensource: Spectacle, Slate, Phoenix (similar to Slate) And by far my personal favorite: Mjolnir which is extensible in Lua! Also,…
armitron on HNPhoenix would be closer maybe, since it's using JavaScript and things compiled to JavaScript for controlling it.
pvinis on HN
Mjolnir
From 1 comment
Some more macOS window managers, all free and opensource: Spectacle, Slate, Phoenix (similar to Slate) And by far my personal favorite: Mjolnir which is extensible in Lua! Also,…
armitron on HN
XMonad with XQuartz
From 1 comment
It's a neat API as far as window managers go. But I'm afraid I can't use it unless it is open source. Most WMs are open source, Xmonad, awesome, and i3 come to mind. With a…
0x8BADF00D on HN