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EXWM is great but one place it is in dire need of help is managing fullscreen applications such as videogames. Right now, those windows are unmanaged, meaning t
by emptysongglass 8y ago
EXWM is great but one place it is in dire need of help is managing fullscreen applications such as videogames. Right now, those windows are unmanaged, meaning they don’t show up in your buffers. If you manage to leave the unmanaged window to check something else, it is impossible to return and you need to force kill the application in question.
It is a big big problem and one that has almost driven me to leave EXWM more than once. The developer has stated this is intended behavior which is insane to me.
- molloy 8y agoI just started using exwm and was wondering about the cause of this, thanks for sharing. There should really be a way to open unmanaged windows into their own individual workspaces.
- emptysongglass 8y agoThe way to get around this, until (or if) this is ever fixed, is to first switch to a different numbered workspace than your primary then open the fullscreen app there. If you need to look something up without quitting the app you can then just use whatever keyboard shortcut you’ve assigned to your primary to switch.
- aerique 8y agoI do the same for games in StumpWM: I just switch to an unused virtual desktop. I don't really see the issue once you're used to it.