The i3 thread

Atsutane · 2010-12-07 15:01:02

Inxsible wrote:

I have been using the i3-wm from the extra repo. But I guess I will switch tonight

Hm I think I'm maintaining it in [community], will check my privileges later ;-)

There are migration docs: http://i3.zekjur.net/docs/tree-migrating.html however, don't forget that this is a PREVIEW release so don't use it with the thought everything's fine. This release is to find bugs that did not show up so far at testing installations, so push them to the bugtracker if they aren't already there. This ist not a beta so there might be further changes to configuration etc.

Pank · 2010-12-07 20:07:36

litemotiv wrote:

Is that also the actual location of the socket? Also external apps need to have it set in their configs as well i assume.

I don't know. I just read the doc which suggests that adding the following to the config is sufficient.

ipc-socket ipc-socket ~/.i3/ipc.sock

The tree-doc does not mention any changes to ipc.sock.

But to answer more directly, no it does not create a ipc.sock file. I have no familiarity with this concept other than from the i3 manual. . .

Thanks,
Rasmus

esodax · 2010-12-07 21:08:18

Pank wrote:

ipc-socket ipc-socket ~/.i3/ipc.sock
The tree-doc does not mention any changes to ipc.sock.
But to answer more directly, no it does not create a ipc.sock file. I have no familiarity with this concept other than from the i3 manual. . .
Thanks,
Rasmus

'ipc-socket' occur twice in that line.
Try with this instead:

ipc-socket ~/.i3/ipc.sock

bootleg · 2010-12-08 00:34:43

Try this :

ipc-socket /tmp/nestedcons

It's in the new config file.

Some things that don't work :
change border style :

ERROR: 
ERROR: CONFIG: syntax error, unexpected <word>
ERROR: CONFIG: in file "/home/bootleg/.config/i3/config", line 20:
ERROR: CONFIG:   border 1pixel
ERROR: CONFIG:   ^^^^^^
ERROR:

and the assign command doesn't work.

Last edited by bootleg (2010-12-08 00:49:57)

litemotiv · 2010-12-08 09:52:23

bootleg wrote:

Try this :
ipc-socket /tmp/nestedcons
It's in the new config file.

Yes, but you can use any location you want though.

Some things that don't work :
change border style :

ERROR: 
ERROR: CONFIG: syntax error, unexpected <word>
ERROR: CONFIG: in file "/home/bootleg/.config/i3/config", line 20:
ERROR: CONFIG:   border 1pixel
ERROR: CONFIG:   ^^^^^^
ERROR:

Patch for global border style: http://pastebin.ca/2013352

and the assign command doesn't work.

Please file a report here: http://i3.zekjur.net/bugs/report/2 (select 'tree' in the version dropdown).

moetunes · 2010-12-15 05:29:25

I use both fluxbox and i3 on this lappy, in fluxbox I can watch 1080i movies with mplayer ok but in i3 I just get a blue screen (the movie is playing 'cause the sound works fine). I've i3 set up much to my liking but this is stopping me from making the switch to it permanantly. Any clues would be appreciated.

Army · 2010-12-15 11:13:33

What does your ~/.mplayer/config look like?

moetunes · 2010-12-15 22:18:22

Army wrote:

What does your ~/.mplayer/config look like?

At login I choose either fluxbox or i3 so both window managers use the same configs for every app so I can't see what in the config could be relevant since it works in fluxbox, but I do not know everything so here it is

 #
# MPlayer configuration file
#
# Configuration files are read system-wide from /usr/local/etc/mplayer.conf
# and per user from ~/.mplayer/config, where per-user settings override
# system-wide settings, all of which are overrriden by the command line.
#
# The configuration file settings are the same as the command line
# options without the preceding '-'.
#
# See the CONFIGURATION FILES section in the man page
# for a detailed description of the syntax.


##################
# video settings #
##################

# Specify vdpau codecs when using -vo vdpau.
#[vo.vdpau]
#vc=ffmpeg12vdpau,ffwmv3vdpau,ffvc1vdpau,ffh264vdpau,ffodivxvdpau,

# Specify default video driver (see -vo help for a list).
#vo=xv

# Use SDL video with the aalib subdriver by default.
#vo = sdl:aalib

# FBdev driver:
#
# mode to use (read from fb.modes)
#fbmode = 640x480-120
#
# location of the fb.modes file
#fbmodeconfig = /etc/fb.modes

# Specify your monitor timings for the vesa and fbdev video output drivers.
# See /etc/X11/XF86Config for timings. Be careful; if you specify settings
# that exceed the capabilities of your monitor, you may damage it.
#
# horizontal frequency range (k stands for 1000)
#monitor-hfreq = 31.5k-50k,70k
#
# vertical frequency range
#monitor-vfreq = 50-90
#
# dotclock (or pixelclock) range (m stands for 1000000)
#monitor-dotclock = 30M-300M

# Start in fullscreen mode by default.
#fs=yes

# Change to a different videomode when going fullscreen.
#vm=yes

# Override the autodetected color depth, may need 'vm=yes' as well.
#bpp=0

# Enable software scaling (powerful CPU needed) for video output
# drivers that do not support hardware scaling.
#zoom=yes

# standard monitor size, with square pixels
#monitoraspect=4:3

# Use this for a widescreen monitor, non-square pixels.
#monitoraspect=16:9

# Keep the player window on top of all other windows.
#ontop=yes


##################
# audio settings #
##################

# Specify default audio driver (see -ao help for a list).
#ao=oss

# Use SDL audio driver with the esd subdriver by default.
#ao = sdl:esd

# Specify the mixer device.
#mixer = /dev/mixer

# Resample the sound to 44100Hz with the lavcresample audio filter.
#af=lavcresample=44100

# Output audio to S/PDIF
#ao=alsa:device=spdif
#ac=hwac3,hwdts,hwmpa,

##################
# other settings #
##################

# Pretend to be Window Media Player.
# Fixes playback when playlist and media file use the same URL.
#user-agent=NSPlayer/4.1.0.3856

# Pretend to be Quicktime
# Fixes playback for apple.com/trailers redirects
#user-agent="QuickTime"

# Drop frames to preserve audio/video sync.
#framedrop = yes

# Specify your preferred skin here (skins are searched for in
# /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins/<name> and ~/.mplayer/skins/<name>).
#skin = Abyss

# Resample the font alphamap.
# 0     plain white fonts
# 0.75  very narrow black outline (default)
# 1     narrow black outline
# 10    bold black outline
#ffactor = 0.75

# cache settings
#
# Use 8MB input cache by default.
#cache = 8192
#
# Prefill 20% of the cache before starting playback.
#cache-min = 20.0
#
# Prefill 50% of the cache before restarting playback after the cache emptied.
#cache-seek-min = 50

# DVD: Display English subtitles if available.
#slang = en

# DVD: Play English audio tracks if available.
#alang = en

###################
# DVDNAV Settings #
###################
[protocol.dvdnav]
#vc=ffmpeg12,
#mouse-movements=yes
#nocache=yes

# You can also include other configuration files.
#include = /path/to/the/file/you/want/to/include

Thanks

basov · 2010-12-19 16:13:10

Reading this thread made me switch to i3
and I've happily been using for some weeks now.

There is only one thing I haven't managed yet
I was wondering if there is any way to have the statusbar on top?

litemotiv · 2010-12-19 16:26:21

basov wrote:

Reading this thread made me switch to i3
and I've happily been using for some weeks now.
There is only one thing I haven't managed yet
I was wondering if there is any way to have the statusbar on top?

Not yet, this will be possible soon with the -tree version of i3.

You can 'hack' around it with some absolute positioning but it doesn't work great, and you will lose your window titles, so i would keep it on the bottom for now.

x402 · 2010-12-19 20:04:43

I've recently switched over to i3 from dwm. I've been loving it so far. I had one question though, is there a way to fix terminal gaps around windows? My urxvt background is grey and there's some black gaps around them. I've tried changing the default container bg color in the source but I was looking for a better solution.

litemotiv · 2010-12-19 20:09:15

x402 wrote:

I've recently switched over to i3 from dwm. I've been loving it so far. I had one question though, is there a way to fix terminal gaps around windows? My urxvt background is grey and there's some black gaps around them. I've tried changing the default container bg color in the source but I was looking for a better solution.

Do you have the scrollbar area and the internal borders disabled? I have these:

URxvt.scrollBar: false
URxvt.internalBorder: 0

x402 · 2010-12-19 20:41:14

Those settings definitely helped with the side gap but I still get a black gap on the bottom. Is that dependent on my font settings?

Atsutane · 2010-12-19 20:51:19

Yes, as terminals have a size dependent on the font they use they can't be forced to fit into a container with a size not multiple to the base characterheight/width of the font.

archman-cro · 2010-12-19 21:15:10

Is there a way to resize floating windows?

dyscoria · 2010-12-19 21:39:51

archman-cro wrote:

Is there a way to resize floating windows?

"Alt + right-click" I believe

archman-cro · 2010-12-19 22:24:07

dyscoria wrote:

archman-cro wrote:
Is there a way to resize floating windows?
"Alt + right-click" I believe

Thank you!

moetunes · 2010-12-20 04:39:27

I am using i3 version 3.e-bf1 and am trying to get the keyboard window resizing working as per the user guide. It worked the first time and hasn't worked since. The keyboard shortcut for the mode will work, that is it captures the keys but the window doesn't resize and I don't seem to have window borders to drag even with a default config. Am I missing something or is it not working in this version of i3 ? It's a bit of a pain to always have a 50/50 split for 2 windows opened on the same workspace.

moetunes · 2010-12-21 08:08:29

I can do window resizing I just need to separate the windows into opposite corners first then I can resize them. Seems it is something to do with the windows both being in the same container from what I can get out of the docs. I'll have to see if there is an easier way to do it.
I didn't seem to get borders to drag 'cause every window in the same workspace was being put into the one container... I don't yet know a way around that.

Last edited by moetunes (2010-12-21 08:10:46)

moetunes · 2010-12-21 08:43:21

Here's a pic of what I've managed to be able to get with the window resizing but bugger me it takes some work...

There has to be an easier way

Atsutane · 2010-12-21 15:38:19

Hm? Moving a window to another container/snap a container is not that complicated and neither much work.

archman-cro · 2010-12-21 16:28:12

Atsutane wrote:

Hm? Moving a window to another container/snap a container is not that complicated and neither much work.

Example for the above screenshot, please?

moetunes · 2010-12-21 17:20:43

Atsutane wrote:

Hm? Moving a window to another container/snap a container is not that complicated and neither much work.

There's only focus and move for containers not anything for making a new one. The only way I can make a new one is to move the windows to diagonally opposite corners which gives the windows their own containers and then I can resize and snap. I would love to here about an easier way please.

Atsutane · 2010-12-21 18:52:47

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwd3Cfbirg8

However with the upcoming tree management of containers this changes anyway,

moetunes · 2010-12-21 22:24:08

It looked ok but didn't really instruct me on anything but thanks for the effort.

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