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Have you tried static tiling window managers? For some reason those are much less popular even though I find them more pratical. Where dynamic WMs constantly r

Have you tried static tiling window managers? For some reason those are much less popular even though I find them more pratical. Where dynamic WMs constantly rearrange all the windows with every change according to some fixed layout, the static ones work basically like Vim's windows and buffers. Meaning windows are stacked above each other by default with only the first one showing, but with some shortcuts you can split horizontally or vertically and change all split dimensions. I have used many tiling window managers and over time I gravitated away from all the dynamic WMs because they're just not flexible enough for the real world. They tend to work on the assumption that the user needs all windows on the screen all the time, and this does not make sense in many scenarios.

mtrycz2 6y ago
That's why you have 10 workspaces.
- alpaca128 6y ago
  The only "workspaces" which behave correctly to solve this are DWM's tags, but in practice I find it much more cumbersome to pin windows to multiple tags than just flip through the windows, or as I often prefer, switching to a window based on fuzzy-searching its title - this has completely replaced my need for workspaces, just like I stopped using tabs in Vim once I figured out how to efficiently switch buffers. Also, when I want to quickly open a terminal on dynamic WMs I have to setup a shortcut for a floating terminal if I don't want it to rearrange everything, while on a static WM I just open a terminal and it'll have no effect on the layout by default. Ironically I find static window managers to be more comfortable to use the more dynamic my workflow and window arrangements are. i3wm isn't as bad because it doesn't enforce a fixed layout, but it's still more cumbersome once I want to quickly resize or swap around some windows on the screen.
nix23 6y ago
>that the user needs all windows on the screen all the time, Just press Super+w and all the window's (the new ones too) are arranged in a tab format.
adventure_r 6y ago
Could you recommend any static WM?
- alpaca128 6y ago
  I've tried both Ratpoison and StumpWM. Both follow a similar concept, but Ratpoison is more lightweight and minimalistic whereas StumpWM has a lot more features and is excellent with handling multiple screens(it treats all screens as separate splits of the same workspace, so it's easy to move around windows).

mtrycz2 6y ago

That's why you have 10 workspaces.

alpaca128 6y ago
The only "workspaces" which behave correctly to solve this are DWM's tags, but in practice I find it much more cumbersome to pin windows to multiple tags than just flip through the windows, or as I often prefer, switching to a window based on fuzzy-searching its title - this has completely replaced my need for workspaces, just like I stopped using tabs in Vim once I figured out how to efficiently switch buffers. Also, when I want to quickly open a terminal on dynamic WMs I have to setup a shortcut for a floating terminal if I don't want it to rearrange everything, while on a static WM I just open a terminal and it'll have no effect on the layout by default. Ironically I find static window managers to be more comfortable to use the more dynamic my workflow and window arrangements are. i3wm isn't as bad because it doesn't enforce a fixed layout, but it's still more cumbersome once I want to quickly resize or swap around some windows on the screen.

nix23 6y ago

>that the user needs all windows on the screen all the time, Just press Super+w and all the window's (the new ones too) are arranged in a tab format.

adventure_r 6y ago

Could you recommend any static WM?

alpaca128 6y ago
I've tried both Ratpoison and StumpWM. Both follow a similar concept, but Ratpoison is more lightweight and minimalistic whereas StumpWM has a lot more features and is excellent with handling multiple screens(it treats all screens as separate splits of the same workspace, so it's easy to move around windows).