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diff --git a/content/thoughts/window-managers.md b/content/thoughts/window-managers.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0944f3c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/thoughts/window-managers.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +I am currently (once again) in the process of trying out different window +managers to see which one fits my needs the most. +I used dwm from 2020 until mid 2022, where I then switched to i3wm. I also tried +out ratpoison for a couple of weeks. Right now I'm using bspwm. I like it, but +have some complaints. It's very easy to configure and use and it only uses about +2MB of RAM, which probably makes it one of my top picks for low-end machines. +The problem I have with it is after using ratpoison, I don't like how every +other window manager arranges windows. I don't like the concept of workspaces +and I don't want to use an external program like rofi or a dmenu script to +switch between windows. Ratpoison makes this extremely easy by using screens +and frames instead of workspaces. I don't need to worry about which workspace +or screen or even which monitor a window is in, I can simply switch between +them and don't have to place them in another workspace or monitor; it just +works. This is the same problem I have with i3wm and dwm, although with i3wm +you still have containers. With dwm and bspwm it's just either fullscreen one +window or have them all in splits. I might try out herbstluftwm, because from +what I've seen it also has the ability to split the screen into different +frames. +Honestly, I might go back to ratpoison, because out of all window managers, this +is the one that fits my workflow the most. The ONLY thing that I'm missing is +that some extended window manager hints like _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW are not +supported. This means that using a TUI file manager like nnn with the plugin +preview-tabbed, the tabbed window always steals focus whenever I hover over a +new file. I tried switching to preview-tui, but it always stops working after +a couple seconds. I tried to patch the ewmh in myself by looking at sdorfehs - +the spiritual successor to ratpoison - but it never worked. +I am still debating whether I even need this preview functionality. I only use +it a couple times a month and could do everything I need to just with sxiv +instead. |