Shame that some programs such as gimp just really dont like tiling window managers.For better integration with tiling WM's, I would also like to see applications change layout depending on if they were given portrait or landscape screen areas.
perhaps with MS's win8 people will start to think for tiling WM's a bit more..
@walter0bz I don't think it would be too hard to change the gimp to work better in tiling wm. You could even change the window hints for those windows to make them work like normal windows (and tile correctly) The real problem is that the toolbox shouldn't even have a separate window
Perhaps you're right - i recall Gimp's toolbar is quite configurable, already some sort of column layout.
But I recall that Popup Dialog Boxes seem slightly at loggerheads with tiling WM's; the dialog boxes themselves are big offenders for having specific size layouts (e.g. not able to adjust between portrait & landscape).
to me *true* tiling WM might mean going as far as eliminating popup palettes etc.
@walter0bz Interesting that you mention Blender. With the the new UI in 2.5, you can have separate system-level windows for each blender region. I've not used blender with a tiling wm yet, but separate windows can be saved to the default layout with their positions. Conceivably, they could be set up to be in the correct tiled arrangement. I don't suspect blender supports a configuration like that, though.
@MrArchmanThaFukkUp I will demonstrate this (along with the tree branch) after the next major version is released. For now, check the userguide, it has a section on this.
Hi im having a little problems with i3status and dzen2 can you tell where can i find information different to the guide user ?
hector12241 4 months ago
@hector12241 As I said in an earlier comment, youtube is not a support channel for i3.
I don’t know where you can find other information about this. I also suggest to not bother with dzen2 and just use i3bar (default in i3 v4).
i3wm 4 months ago
Thanks for this project i like most than wmii :-D
hector12241 4 months ago
how can i change my wallpaper in i3 ?
drumitar 5 months ago
@drumitar Just use feh, xsetroot, display or any other tool which sets the X11 root window background.
In general, please come to IRC for questions like this, youtube is not a support channel for i3.
i3wm 5 months ago
@wouzsz I’m running Debian testing.
i3wm 6 months ago 2
Shame that some programs such as gimp just really dont like tiling window managers.For better integration with tiling WM's, I would also like to see applications change layout depending on if they were given portrait or landscape screen areas.
perhaps with MS's win8 people will start to think for tiling WM's a bit more..
walter0bz 8 months ago
@walter0bz I don't think it would be too hard to change the gimp to work better in tiling wm. You could even change the window hints for those windows to make them work like normal windows (and tile correctly) The real problem is that the toolbox shouldn't even have a separate window
the2ck 8 months ago
@the2ck -
Perhaps you're right - i recall Gimp's toolbar is quite configurable, already some sort of column layout.
But I recall that Popup Dialog Boxes seem slightly at loggerheads with tiling WM's; the dialog boxes themselves are big offenders for having specific size layouts (e.g. not able to adjust between portrait & landscape).
to me *true* tiling WM might mean going as far as eliminating popup palettes etc.
walter0bz 8 months ago
@the2ck - then you get Blender, which has its' own tiling WM internally :)
walter0bz 8 months ago
@walter0bz Interesting that you mention Blender. With the the new UI in 2.5, you can have separate system-level windows for each blender region. I've not used blender with a tiling wm yet, but separate windows can be saved to the default layout with their positions. Conceivably, they could be set up to be in the correct tiled arrangement. I don't suspect blender supports a configuration like that, though.
the2ck 8 months ago
Can you demonstrate how to resize windows (vertically and horizontally) without using the mouse?
Cheers, i3 is beautiful. :)
MrArchmanThaFukkUp 1 year ago
@MrArchmanThaFukkUp I will demonstrate this (along with the tree branch) after the next major version is released. For now, check the userguide, it has a section on this.
i3wm 1 year ago
@i3wm Ok, managed to resize them vertically. Would be nice if we could also resize horizontally. Thumbs up for the next vid!
MrArchmanThaFukkUp 1 year ago
sweet!
Linuxdirk 2 years ago
Great! It's very similar to the wmii window manager
di3g04 2 years ago