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Grout will attempt to use the full space on the screen when tiling, even if part of it is occupied by something that doesn't allow windows to intersect with it (think a 1920x1080 screen that has a panel that doesn't hide at the top).

Not sure if there's anything that really can be done for this; maybe I can check the position of the window after moving to see if it was moved to the target position successfully? If not, then we know there's "unavailable space" somewhere on the desktop and can adjust the window's size to compensate.

Alternatively, we can define a "working area" where tiling is inset by that amount, though that's more work for the user. Ideally, this should be automatic.

Hi author,

Thanks for sharing this program.
I'm using Grout in an XFCE system, and depending on the theme in use the Grout does not position the window correctly and it returns:

$ grout 1
windowmove: unrecognized option '-1.0'
Usage: windowmove [options] [window=%1] x y
--sync      - only exit once the window has moved
--relative  - make movements relative to the current window position
If you use literal 'x' or 'y' for the x coordinates, then the current
coordinate will be used. This is useful for moving the window along
only one axis.

For instance, this happens with custom theme Chicago95. The problem seems not to occur with default/built in themes.

I'll try to take the time to take a better look at this and try to fix it. In the meantime I'm reporting here, you or someone else maybe has an prompt idea on what is happening.

Regards,
Raul.

When there's an inactive monitor (e.g. laptop with a closed laptop lid), xrandr doesn't return a resolution, and thus fails to parse correctly:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./grout", line 211, in <module>
    space = Space()
  File "./grout", line 21, in __init__
    self.identifyScreens()
  File "./grout", line 40, in identifyScreens
    newScreen = Screen(int(sizeAndPos[1]), int(sizeAndPos[2]), int(size[0]), int(size[1]), primary)
IndexError: list index out of range

Works when monitor is active, e.g.:

DisplayPort-1 connected primary 3840x2160+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 597mm x 336mm

Fails when monitor is inactive (no resolution returned), e.g.:

eDP connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)