Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window...
by michaelmrose on Monday February 10, 2020 @06:46PM
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Why didn't you use gaps instead of empty windows? Instead of hours writing scripts you could have spent 10 seconds adding a few lines of config.
Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window...
by alxlaz on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @04:01AM
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This was before i3-gaps was a thing, if that's what you're referring to.
Re:Microsoft begins showing an anti-Firefox ad in the Window...
by ubercow13 on Monday February 10, 2020 @01:45PM
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notion is a bit like i3 but with fixed containers that don't disappear when they become empty: https://notionwm.net/
herbstluftwm also has containers something similar
You still have to open them and move them around, especially if you do change your layout eventually.
I actually didn't have that problem when I was using ratpoison, but some applications (looking at you, Eclipse...) don't really work with it. (I know about stumpwm, and I do know Common Lisp, but alas, we just don't get along too well). When I moved to i3, which is greedy with screen space, I actually wrote myself a couple of scripts to handle this situation "gracefully" (automatically pad the screen with empty X11 windows, automatically un-pad them when needed) and bound them to a couple of key combinations.
I mean it sort of worked but at one point I decided I want to spend more time doing fun/useful things and less time hacking on my window manager.