workspace_layout tabbed is a cool feature. Jeff Abrahamson +33 6 24 40 01 57 +44 7920 594 255 <-- only if I'm in the UK
http://jeff.purple.com/ http://blog.purple.com/jeff/ On 14 March 2015 at 22:56, Bigby James <bigby.ja...@dimthoughts.com> wrote: > On 03/14, Jeff Abrahamson wrote: > > Hi, Stefano. > > > > I am using containers, I'm just asking the question if this is optimal > (or > > if I'm missing something). > > > > You say I can create a container before I create a window. Really? > > Technically, maybe, but by all appearances, no. The container doesn't > really > seem to exist until the window occupies it. However, any time you create a > split > of some sort i3 will be primed to draw a container to the right of or > below the > newly split window and open a window within it. > > > Imagine my screen is empty. I'd like two side-by-side windows in their > own > > containers, each container tabbed. I think what I need to do is this: > > > > mod-H # probably no-op most or all of the time > > > <snip> > > I typically work with two or three separate containers per workspace, > usually > starting out stacked and changing the layout in each as necessary. Give > this a > try: > > 1. Open up your configuration file and add (or change) the setting > 'workspace_layout tabbed' > > 2. Reload, then start with an empty workspace. > > 3. *Do not* hit mod-H, and instead just open two terminal windows. They'll > be > tabbed in a single container by default. > > 4. Now move one of them left or right, thereby moving it into its own > container, > and start playing around. You should get a feel for how things are > working > pretty quickly. Once you do, you can move into other realms. > > -- > "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely > foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas > Adams > >
