On my last months of using Linux at home I began using xmonad. Xmonad is a window manager for Linux which takes care of the window’s position an size making all windows visible, a tiling window manager. At the time I also “discovered” Haskell. Xmonad is written in Haskell. 🤩 I was both curious to use it and supportive for being written in it.

I then switched to OS X and stop using it.

Last week I was searching for a window manager for macOS. Something resembling Windows 10’s, which I use at work, would sufice. I discovered Amethyst. Amethyst is a tiling window manager based on xmonad although not written in Haskell.

Amethyst Shortcuts

Amethyst has many keyboard shortcuts. These are the ones I use more often:

  • Alt+Shift+K Next Window

  • Alt+Shift+J Previous Window

  • Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K Move Window to Next Position

  • Alt+Shift+Ctrk+J Move Window to Previous Position

  • Alt+Shift+return Switch with Main Window

  • Alt+Shift+H Move Border Left

  • Alt+Shift+L Move Border Right

  • Alt+Shift+SPC Cycle Layouts

  • Alt+Shift+, Add a Window to Left Pane
  • Alt+Shift+. Add a Window to Right Pane