I also use i3 with tmux. Once I got used to i3, it's been amazing. It feels so slow going back to a DE, or watching other people use one. The customization ability is great, as well as the documentation.
I've really liked these beginner videos on i3: https://youtu.be/j1I63wGcvU4?list=PL5ze0DjYv5DbCv9vNEzFmP6sU7ZmkGzcf On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send PLUG mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > 1. Re: Tiling window manager (Jeff Jibson) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jeff Jibson <[email protected]> > To: Provo Linux Users Group <[email protected]> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 07:29:30 -0700 > Subject: Re: Tiling window manager > i3 (with tmux). It is really nice if you want to control your tile > placement, i.e. it is not an automatic tiler. I have been using it a > couple of years both at home and work. > > One thing that works nicely with dual displays is to assign super to one > windows key and hyper to the other. Then, assign keysyms based on which > monitor you are using. So, I use the left windows key as a modifier on the > left monitor and the right windows key on the right. > > If you do try it, I'd recommend checking out i3blocks > https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks for statusbar. > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:35 AM, Levi Pearson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > On Mar 3, 2016, at 5:09 PM, Frostyfrog <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I first tried out xmonad, then I switched to subtle, and now I'm using > > dwm. > > > > > > xmonad <http://xmonad.org/> was a bit bulky from my experience. All > > > configuration was done in haskell and you need to have ghc in order to > > > compile the config. > > > > You say that like it’s a bad thing. Everyone should have ghc installed > > anyway. ;) > > > > I also like lua, so I tried awesomewm, but for some reason it always felt > > really slow compared to xmonad; if I’m going to go all minimalist with my > > window manager, it’d better be fast. > > > > > dwm <http://dwm.suckless.org/> offers an insane amount of > > customization. On > > > the downside, you need to learn C. From my experience, DWM works well > > with > > > 4 monitors. If you're willing to tinker with your WM and want to learn > a > > > bit of C, I'd give dwm a try. To quote their website, "dwm is only a > > single > > > binary, and its source code is intended to never exceed 2000 SLOC" 2000 > > > lines of code isn't that bad to read through if you want to tinker with > > > DWM's fundamentals. > > > > Not as nice as xmonad, and not even the guys who made Unix thought > > configuring stuff in C was a good idea. But it’s nice if you don’t want > to > > change the config. The folks at suckless.org have some nice programs if > > you need lightweight alternatives to things, but I think they must be > > slightly insane. :) > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://plug.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Benjamin Francom Information Technology Mix Master http://www.benfrancom.com ⇧⇧⇩⇩⇦⇨⇦⇨ba /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
