Make tiling shortcuts practical in tiled mode

simple/tiling.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 -- Offers window tiling functionnality
 
 local awful = require("awful")
+local grect = require("gears.geometry").rectangle
 
 -- Placements
 local leftTileGeometry = awful.placement.scale
@@ -52,6 +53,26 @@ local screenRight = function(geo)
     end
 end
 
+local swapClient = function(c, dir, stacked)
+    local sel = c or capi.client.focus
+    if sel then
+        local cltbl = awful.client.visible(sel.screen, stacked)
+        local geomtbl = {}
+        for i,cl in ipairs(cltbl) do
+            geomtbl[i] = cl:geometry()
+        end
+        local target = grect.get_in_direction(dir, geomtbl, sel:geometry())
+
+        -- If we found a client to swap with, then go for it
+        if target then
+            cltbl[target]:swap(sel)
+            return true
+        end
+    end
+    
+    return false
+end
+
 client.connect_signal("manage", function (c)
     if awesome.startup
       and not c.size_hints.user_position
@@ -68,30 +89,43 @@ end)
 return {
     key = {
         tileRight = function (c)
-            c.maximized = true
+        	if c.maximized then
-            if not applyTile(c, rightTileGeometry) then
+        		c:raise()
-                screenRight(leftTileGeometry)(c)
+	            if not applyTile(c, rightTileGeometry) then
+	                screenRight(leftTileGeometry)(c)
+	            end
+            else
+            	swapClient(c, 'right')
             end
         end,
         tileLeft = function (c)
-            c.maximized = true
+            if c.maximized then
-            if not applyTile(c, leftTileGeometry) then
+        		c:raise()
-                screenLeft(rightTileGeometry)(c)
+	            if not applyTile(c, leftTileGeometry) then
+	                screenLeft(rightTileGeometry)(c)
+	            end
+            else
+            	swapClient(c, 'left')
             end
         end,
         screenLeft = screenLeft(maximizedTileGeometry),
         screenRight = screenRight(maximizedTileGeometry),
         toggleMaximized = function (c)
             if not c.maximized then
-                c.maximized = true
+            	if not swapClient(c, 'up') then
+                	c.maximized = true
+                	c:raise()
+               	end
             else
                 if not applyTile(c, maximizedTileGeometry) then 
                     c.maximized = false
                 end
             end
         end,
-        minimize = function(c) 
+        minimize = function(c)
-            c.minimized = true
+           	if c.maximized or not swapClient(c, 'down') then
+           		c.minimized = true
+        	end
         end
     }
 }