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Drauk'

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From: Melbourne Australia

Registered: 2015-05-23

Posts: 3

[solved] Laptop Specific Funcitons Within i3wm

Hi,

I'm looking into getting a laptop soon and I worry about whether or not I'll be able to use the laptop specific functions, such as suspend on closing the lid, multimedia keys, touch-pad gestures, etc.
Is there a way of configuring these within i3wm or would this be achieved by something else, like the gnome-settings-daemon, or some other program I've not heard of?

Thanks!

Last edited by Drauk' (2015-05-25 02:53:29)

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,721

Re: [solved] Laptop Specific Funcitons Within i3wm

Welcome to the Arch Linux forums

You should read this wiki article and those linked to by it.

Yes, you can configure the multimedia keys to your heart's desire in i3.  Check out their excellent documentation on how to configure it.
Touch pad stuff is detailed in this wiki article

So, the answer to your question is yes.  I suggest you spend some time looking at the wiki.  There is also a section that chronicles various users experience with different machines.

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Drauk'

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From: Melbourne Australia

Registered: 2015-05-23

Posts: 3

Re: [solved] Laptop Specific Funcitons Within i3wm

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Thank you so much ewaller!
This puts all my worries to rest. Was looking into getting the XPS 13 (2015), which appears to have lots of issues but it seems that all are fixable with a custom kernel from the AUR.
Damn that's cool.

Last edited by Drauk' (2015-05-25 03:01:54)