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How are useless xterms different from uselessly used space for a simply centered window? I have 2x4K monitors at home. Moving to i3 is the best thing that happ

• alxlaz 7y ago
  > How are useless xterms different from uselessly used space for a simply centered window? You still have to open them and move them around, especially if you do change your layout eventually. I actually didn't have that problem when I was using ratpoison, but some applications (looking at you, Eclipse...) don't really work with it. (I know about stumpwm, and I do know Common Lisp, but alas, we just don't get along too well). When I moved to i3, which is greedy with screen space, I actually wrote myself a couple of scripts to handle this situation "gracefully" (automatically pad the screen with empty X11 windows, automatically un-pad them when needed) and bound them to a couple of key combinations. I mean it sort of worked but at one point I decided I want to spend more time doing fun/useful things and less time hacking on my window manager.
  • ubercow13 7y ago
    notion is a bit like i3 but with fixed containers that don't disappear when they become empty: https://notionwm.net/ https://notionwm.net/ herbstluftwm also has containers something similar
  • michaelmrose 7y ago
    Why didn't you use gaps instead of empty windows? Instead of hours writing scripts you could have spent 10 seconds adding a few lines of config.
    • alxlaz 7y ago
      This was before i3-gaps was a thing, if that's what you're referring to.