Re: [i3] creating new containers

2012-03-29 Thread Michael Stapelberg
Hi Oliver, Excerpts from Oliver Kiddle's message of 2012-03-29 00:49:10 +0200: > One thing I notice is that if I start an xterm in an empty workspace and > then press Mod-A followed by Mod-W repeatedly it is somehow creating > more containers at the top of the tree. Once there are about 20, the >

Re: [i3] creating new containers

2012-03-28 Thread Oliver Kiddle
One thing I notice is that if I start an xterm in an empty workspace and then press Mod-A followed by Mod-W repeatedly it is somehow creating more containers at the top of the tree. Once there are about 20, the whole thing hangs so there must be a bug in this somewhere even if it is intended behavi

Re: [i3] creating new containers

2012-03-22 Thread Michael Stapelberg
Hi Oliver, Thanks for sharing your impressions. On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:04:46 +0100 Oliver Kiddle wrote: > It seems the split command, either vertical, or horizontal is > essentially the command to create a new container and move the current > window down into that comtainer. Moving the current w

[i3] creating new containers

2012-03-22 Thread Oliver Kiddle
Here are some thoughts from my initial experiences with i3. In general my problem with tiling window managers is that windows don't stay where I left them: close a window and everything gets resized to gobble up the space, or try to move one window and everything else gets messed up in the process