Re: [i3] Thoughts on window sizing from a new(-ish) user

2015-03-15 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
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 wrote: > On 03/14, Jeff Abrahamson wrote: > > Hi, Stefano. > > > > I am using c

Re: [i3] Thoughts on window sizing from a new(-ish) user

2015-03-14 Thread Martin Cigorraga
Tabbed interface <3 On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Bigby James 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

Re: [i3] Thoughts on window sizing from a new(-ish) user

2015-03-14 Thread Bigby James
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'

Re: [i3] Thoughts on window sizing from a new(-ish) user

2015-03-14 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
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? Imagine my screen is empty. I'd like two side-by-side windows in their own containers, each container tabbed. I

Re: [i3] Thoughts on window sizing from a new(-ish) user

2015-03-14 Thread Stefano Ghirlanda
Hi Jeff, I think what you need is the concept of a container (what you call a frame). You can create a container before you create a window, e.g., mod-H or mod-V for horizontal or vertical splits, and then add the window in there. The creation of the container is silent until you actually place a n

[i3] Thoughts on window sizing from a new(-ish) user

2015-03-14 Thread Jeff Abrahamson
I've been using i3 for several weeks now on most of my machines [1]. It's very nice, many thanks to all who have made it work so well. I find one concept confusingly conflated, and I am curious how others see it, and if I am simply missing some bit of mental model. It often happens that I open s