The i3 thread

nomilieu · 2010-08-10 19:46:52

Hey, thanks for that pdf link; I hadn't seen that.
It looks like the upcoming changes will fix my issue as a side-effect. It might take some getting used to the new way of operating, though.

gazj · 2010-08-10 19:59:19

Ogion the orange is cool. Using it now, makes a nice change. My Arch one from a few months back

patroclo7 · 2010-08-10 22:40:31

nomilieu wrote:

Hey, thanks for that pdf link; I hadn't seen that.
It looks like the upcoming changes will fix my issue as a side-effect. It might take some getting used to the new way of operating, though.

I have enjoyed those slides and I really like the tree concept, and I agree that the tree should be more general and with less corner-cases than the table. However the need to move up and down to reach the node where to split windows could be confusing, you need to be always aware of the node where you are in that moment. Hopefully in the implementation there will be something revealing this.

Wintervenom · 2010-08-10 22:43:47

Is it possible to force XMobar to show up as its own dock, a la Dzen?

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nomilieu · 2010-08-11 01:48:38

patroclo7 wrote:

I have enjoyed those slides and I really like the tree concept, and I agree that the tree should be more general and with less corner-cases than the table. However the need to move up and down to reach the node where to split windows could be confusing, you need to be always aware of the node where you are in that moment. Hopefully in the implementation there will be something revealing this.

It seems like a small indicator on the workspace bar would do the trick.

doom_phd · 2010-08-11 04:06:42

Sorry for the delay in replying.
Work got in the way.

Atsutane wrote:

Use the dzen2-svn package and run it with the -dock option, any other bar using the dock would also work.

However I use dzen2-xft-xpm-xinerama-svn from the aur with the -dock option.
This should be the same shouldn't it?

A little more detail of the problem:
The title dzen window is correctly docked in i3 but the slave window when un-collapsed is managed by i3 and is tiled as a normal window.

Thanks,
doom

patroclo7 · 2010-08-11 08:07:30

Wintervenom wrote:

Is it possible to force XMobar to show up as its own dock, a la Dzen?

Xmobar can not be docked. See this comparison table:
http://dzen.geekmode.org/dwiki/doku.php … -vs-xmobar

patroclo7 · 2010-08-11 08:11:55

doom_phd wrote:

The title dzen window is correctly docked in i3 but the slave window when un-collapsed is managed by i3 and is tiled as a normal window.

If you get a slave window, it will be a normal window, it can not be docked. But you get a slave window only if you use the -l option because you want multiple lines. Basically multiple lines in the dock are not possible: just avoid the -l option. See the first FAQ in http://dzen.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/README

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ixnine · 2010-08-14 06:01:01

Atsutane wrote:

Ah small bug, the upper client's colorprofile isn't set back to client.focused_inactive, however as the whole stuff is currently being renewed by Michael I'd say it's better to keep it in the back as long as it isn't too annoying.

That pdf was awesome.

mateusz.f · 2010-08-14 17:49:20

Yes, this pdf was quite interesting.
Finally i3 is starting to remind ion3, which already has all this features and many more. I hope in some future time I will be able to move to i3 as ion3 is currently not being developed. Still, I think it will take a long time.

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kcirick · 2010-08-18 14:56:04

Hi,

Sorry to jump into this thread. I just discovered/installed i3 and I really like it (much more than awesome. I like the manual tiling). Is it possible to remove the titlebar from the windows, or is there no option to do this?

Atsutane · 2010-08-18 15:06:32

It is possible by changing the border style, take a look at the User Guide in order to get the commands for the current version.

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archman-cro · 2010-08-19 00:30:24

I've decided to try i3. I got some very noobish questions, though. Seems like 'focus_follows_mouse no' gets ignored, since I cannot type in the terminal once the pointer leaves the terminal area. Also, the urxvt cursor is displayed as inactive ( [] cursor) and the mouse pointer is displayed correctly when in urxvt, but displayed as a black crosshair when outside the urxvt area (ok the last one is solved with xsetroot -cursor_name). Also, is it possible to use a different PS1 when I'm using i3?

Thanks.

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alexandrite · 2010-08-19 00:44:26

archman-cro wrote:

I've decided to try i3. I got some very noobish questions, though. Seems like 'focus_follows_mouse no' gets ignored, since I cannot type in the terminal once the pointer leaves the terminal area. Also, the urxvt cursor is displayed as inactive ( [] cursor) and the mouse pointer is displayed correctly when in urxvt, but displayed as a black crosshair when outside the urxvt area. Also, is it possible to use a different PS1 when I'm using i3?
Thanks.

I don't imagine your PS1 should be different at all from what you have it set to be. I can change mine.

archman-cro · 2010-08-19 00:54:11

alexandrite wrote:

I don't imagine your PS1 should be different at all from what you have it set to be. I can change mine.

Hmm, well I want to have a dark background on i3, so I'll need some brighter font color. The PS1 is: PS1="\w/\[\033[0;30m\]> "
So, this makes it all black (under urxvt, since that is under the if-fi scope).

Cheers.

archman-cro · 2010-08-19 08:37:30

archman-cro wrote:

Seems like 'focus_follows_mouse no' gets ignored, since I cannot type in the terminal once the pointer leaves the terminal area. Also, the urxvt cursor is displayed as inactive ( [] cursor) and the mouse pointer is displayed correctly when in urxvt, but displayed as a black crosshair when outside the urxvt area (ok the last one is solved with xsetroot -cursor_name). Also, is it possible to use a different PS1 when I'm using i3?

Solved all of this by loading other Xdefaults file with xrdb -load in xinit. Also used an URxvt*termName urxvt.i3, so it bypasses my PS1 if scope.

archman-cro · 2010-08-19 15:08:26

gazj wrote:

Ogion the orange is cool. Using it now, makes a nice change. My Arch one from a few months back

I wish your dotfiles were online...I can't manage to get the dzen2 alignment to both left and right. Left for workspace list (also, --show-all doesn't show all the workspace names...strange?) and right for all the conky stuff (memory, clock, etc...).

archman-cro · 2010-08-20 01:38:53

Some problemos...I'm running urxvt with a '-tn tail' and add 'assign "urxvt/tail" 5', but it won't show up at the 5th workspace, instead it goes to 4th one, cause there's 'assign "urxvt"' assigned. So maybe "urxvt/tail 5" is not observed? Any ideas of how to work this up?

PS: I <3 i3 so far.

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Inxsible · 2010-08-20 01:47:43

archman-cro wrote:

Some problemos...I'm running urxvt with a '-tn tail' and add 'assign "urxvt/tail" 5', but it won't show up at the 5th workspace, instead it goes to 4th one, cause there's 'assign "urxvt"' assigned. So maybe "urxvt/tail 5" is not observed? Any ideas of how to work this up?
PS: I <3 i3 so far.

you have to use the WM_NAME and/or the WM_CLASS properties of a window to assign them to workspaces. so if you call tail in urxvt, the WM_NAME still is urxvt ...so it would use the "assign urxvt 4" rule.

I use screen to start up two bashes, htop, rtorrent and tail of everything.log, but the WM_NAME still is urxvt. An example of an application that does change the name for a terminal is (i think) ncmpc or cplay.

archman-cro · 2010-08-20 08:27:06

Inxsible wrote:

archman-cro wrote:
Some problemos...I'm running urxvt with a '-tn tail' and add 'assign "urxvt/tail" 5', but it won't show up at the 5th workspace, instead it goes to 4th one, cause there's 'assign "urxvt"' assigned. So maybe "urxvt/tail 5" is not observed? Any ideas of how to work this up?
PS: I <3 i3 so far.
you have to use the WM_NAME and/or the WM_CLASS properties of a window to assign them to workspaces. so if you call tail in urxvt, the WM_NAME still is urxvt ...so it would use the "assign urxvt 4" rule.
I use screen to start up two bashes, htop, rtorrent and tail of everything.log, but the WM_NAME still is urxvt. An example of an application that does change the name for a terminal is (i think) ncmpc or cplay.

Yes, seems like it uses WM_CLASS(STRING), and the problem is that it has two names. One being the name I add to it with '-name' and another one which is generic to that terminal (URxvt).

gazj · 2010-08-20 11:39:50

My dotfiles are back online

EDIT: You probably wnat to look in my startup file for dzen2

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gazj · 2010-08-20 11:53:38

I am always looking for dzen to put something in the bottom bar of my second monitor, but can't really think what I need there. Anyone?

marfig · 2010-08-20 13:07:34

I've been thinking of ${tail} or ${curl} (or both) for that same purpose. But didn't bother much with it yet. Still, there's one possibility.

Either that or I'll just duplicate the bar.

archman-cro · 2010-08-20 13:09:15

One more question. How to define a certain apps to have a titlebar, and others to not? Now I'm using "new_window bp", so all apps get only 1px border instead of a titlebar. But I'd like to, in example, for gpicview to have a titlebar. Anyone knows how to do it?

@gazj, thanks!

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gazj · 2010-08-20 13:16:37

Unfortunately I don't think there is a way. I would use this feature also if it was available. I seem to remember someone saying it was due in the next version, but being me I could have quite easily heard it in a dream. ;) Try i3-git from aur it may already have the feature.

EDIT: I do map the following keys to change the current windows borders, to make things a bit better.

WIN+, = borders
WIN+. = 1px border
WIN+/ = no border

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