This script will snap your window to the left or right side of the screen in Linux: (SOURCE)
#!/bin/sh ## ${HOME}/bin/wmctrl-snap-edge #DTPD# WMCTRL="${HOME}/bin/wmctrl_`arch`" #WMCTRL="/usr/bin/wmctrl" test -x "/usr/bin/xdpyinfo" -a -x "$WMCTRL" || { echo "error"; exit 1; } WIDTH=`xdpyinfo | sed -n 's/ *dimensions: *\([0-9]*\)x.*/\1/p'` HALF=$(($WIDTH / 2)); "$WMCTRL" -r :ACTIVE: -b add,maximized_vert; if test "$1" = "left" ; then "$WMCTRL" -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,0,0,$HALF,-1 elif test "$1" = "right" ; then "$WMCTRL" -r :ACTIVE: -e 0,$HALF,0,$HALF,-1 fi
If you don't have wmctrl installed, you can apt-get it (Ubuntu):
sudo apt-get --yes install wmctrlOr compile it yourself:
sudo yum install libXmu-devel cd /tmp wget 'http://tomas.styblo.name/wmctrl/dist/wmctrl-1.07.tar.gz' tar --extract --gzip --file "wmctrl-1.07.tar.gz" cd wmctrl-1.07 ./configure make -j 4 mv wmctrl ${HOME}/bin/wmctrl_`arch`
The next step is to set up hotkeys. If you use Metacity like I do, then:
gconftool-2 --type string --set \ /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_6 \ '<Ctrl><Alt>Page_Up' gconftool-2 --type string --set \ /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_6 \ "${HOME}/bin/wmctrl-snap-edge left" gconftool-2 --type string --set \ /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_7 \ '<Ctrl><Alt>Page_Down' gconftool-2 --type string --set \ /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_7 \ "${HOME}/bin/wmctrl-snap-edge right"