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#1 2012-03-21 01:08:13
- oldtimeyjunk
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Tiling Window Manager with Minimizing/Inconify
I've looked high and low and cannot find such a thing, so I came here as a last resort -- is there any tiling window managers (such as i3 etc.) that supports minimizing/inconifying?
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#2 2012-03-21 01:12:32
#3 2012-03-21 01:12:54
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Re: Tiling Window Manager with Minimizing/Inconify
I'd be surprised if most of them don't. Xmonad, for example, allows for the 'hiding' or minimizing of windows.
Other tilers I've seen (I believe wmii) allows for a form of 'shading' in the window stack so only a title bar is visible.
This may not be a "default" behavior, but any WM should be able to be configured to hide windows. "Iconify" may be challenging if you actually want icons to show up ... where would the icons be if the remaining windows tile the screen?
Edited to add link. Also, some quick scripting with wmctrl should allow for a key to be bound in any WM to have a similar effect as the minimize in xmonad.
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#4 2012-03-21 01:14:44
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Re: Tiling Window Manager with Minimizing/Inconify
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#5 2012-03-21 01:18:00
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Re: Tiling Window Manager with Minimizing/Inconify
where would the icons be if the remaining windows tile the screen?
I suppose I could use a dock, but since all the docks (Docky, AWN) have been removed from the Pacman Repos and they're all outdated on the AUR, the next best thing would be a panel (like lxpanel).
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#6 2012-03-21 02:05:58
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Re: Tiling Window Manager with Minimizing/Inconify
SpectrWM supports this feature, though the current implementation is horrible from a usability standpoint. There is no visual indication that any windows are iconified or which desktop they are hiding in.
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#7 2012-03-21 02:46:37
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Re: Tiling Window Manager with Minimizing/Inconify
Awesome has this by default.
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#8 2012-03-21 02:59:50
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Re: Tiling Window Manager with Minimizing/Inconify
If you know a little bit of coding, you can write your own function to do this... I would look at dwm source code and just try to learn what it's doing. It's only something like 2000 lines of code, which really isn't bad at all if you start looking at it.
But as mentioned in previous posts, i3/wmii has "dock" option, and awesome has this feature already.
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#9 2012-03-21 04:26:39
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Re: Tiling Window Manager with Minimizing/Inconify
Trilby wrote:where would the icons be if the remaining windows tile the screen?
I suppose I could use a dock, but since all the docks (Docky, AWN) have been removed from the Pacman Repos and they're all outdated on the AUR, the next best thing would be a panel (like lxpanel).
Many tiling WMs come with their own statusbar, and may read any external dock or panel you install as a separate client and force it into the tiled layout. It is true that Awesome has a minimize function by default; I wasn't aware that other tilers did, as well. I know DWM and WMFS do not, and I suspect the reason is: What's the point? If you have ten tags to work with and don't need a window to be seen, stick in on another tag. Having multiple tags allows programs to be assigned to specific tags upon opening and all tilers I'm aware of let you view more than one tag. Hence, you can call up the tag with the desired window when you want it in the current tag's layout, or simply switch to the tag with that window if you want it floating/maximized. Besides, using a panel or dock encourages the exact same wrist-grinding behavior people use tiling window managers to avoid.
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