i3 window manager screencast (3.δ)

This is a screencast of a short introduction into the i3 tiling window manager (version 3.δ).

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• i3
• wm
• window manager
• tiling

[hector12241]

Hi im having a little problems with i3status and dzen2 can you tell where can i find information different to the guide user ?

[i3wm]

@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).

[drumitar]

how can i change my wallpaper in i3 ?

[i3wm]

@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.

[wouzsz]

You're running Archlinux or Aptosid or?

[i3wm]

@wouzsz I’m running Debian testing.

[hector12241]

Thanks for this project i like most than wmii :-D

[the2ck]

@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.

[walter0bz]

@the2ck - then you get Blender, which has its' own tiling WM internally :)



[walter0bz]

@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.