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#i3wm

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Tiling window managers have been around since the early days of graphical interfaces. Xerox PARC laid the groundwork in the 1980s, and even Windows 1.0 experimented with tiling before switching to overlapping windows.

In the Linux world, tiling never really left. It re-emerged in the early 2000s with tools like ratpoison and dwm, evolving into modern favorites like i3, bspwm, and Wayland-native Sway. For many users, especially developers and power users, tiling offers a more efficient, keyboard-driven workflow that stacking WMs just can't match.

#TilingWM#i3WM#Sway

Ok, this is confusing...

When I run #NeoVim from any terminal, it has a white background, just like my terminal.

When I run neovim from a terminal started by launcher like #rofi or #fuzzel, it has a gray background.

This is both in #Debian linux + #Swaywm and #OpenBSD + #i3wm.

So confuzzled.

Update:

Found a workaround by adding this to my init.vim:

"Set basic colors to override weird gray background when COLORTERM=truecolor
hi Normal guifg=#000000
hi Normal guibg=#ffffff

Something I miss from #Tiling wms/compositors like #i3wm and #sway when I'm on #KDE:

I use #Yakuake on KDE #Plasma to have a terminal that's easily accessible, but stays out of my way when I don't want to see it.

On tiling setups, I use disappearing windows (I forget the actual name of the feature) that will pop up when I hit super+-, appear one at a time, and then disappear.

Yakuake lets you do tiling as well within its window, but I kinda miss the ability to cycle through a bunch of windows very easily. I mean, I've got the keyboard shortcuts set up very nicely, so it's just F12 to make the window appear and disappear, and then control+tab to cycle through tabs or control+pgup/pgdown to jump between panes, but somehow the tiling setup is just a bit easier to do. Less thinking, just super+-. ;)

I don't know if I'll continue to use tiling setup too much longer, though. It's too aggravating to figure out how to get the occasional gnome program to work properly. There's always some kind of fancy library initialization that I fail to get right. It's easier to just use a DE and whittle it down to nearly tiling levels of productivity.

:BlobCatDerpy:

Been tweaking my #Rofi theme, because it was rainy and I was too knackered to do anything else useful today. Rofi is an application switcher and more (calculator, character picker, launcher, weather widget, etc.). It is used in minimalist window managers like #i3wm, instead of a top-bar, dock or Start™ menu.
I used to use #Litestep on Windows, and using i3 and Rofi to DIY my own graphical shell feels similar.
#Linux #Ricing

I'm gonna list out my interests, and there's a ton of 'em. Classic autism move, getting obsessed with weird topics that stick with you forever.

Heads up, #Fediverse, you might lose it when I drop 100+ hashtags in one post. That's just how autism rolls I guess.

## Interests and Obsessions

Substances and Legalization:
#Drugs #LSD #Shrooms #Psychedelics #THC #Psilocybin

Tech and Privacy:
#Linux #Debian #QubesOS #GrapheneOS #GooglePixel #Auxio #AntennaPod #PGP #Obtainium #PeerTube #FreeTube #Privacy #Security #Thunderbird #CapyReader #RSS #AtomFeeds #NewPipe #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Openreads #Signal #LocalSend #ThinkPad #FreeSoftware #FSF #ElementaryOS #Elementary #PaldoLinux #GNOME #i3wm #Monero #Mullvad #iVPN #LinusTorvald #Fairphone #DivestOS #Tor #TailsOS #Whonix

Politics and Activism:
#AnarchoSyndicalism #Anarchism #Syndicalism #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT #TransRights #HumanRights #WorkersRights #Unions #Decentralization #Organizing #GrassRoots #DirectAction #AntiCapitalism #FuckSpotify #Piracy #ThePirateBay #EdwardSnowden #Wikileaks #JulianAssange #MeredithWhittaker #RichardStallman #RightToRepair

Music and Artists:
#ZoëStraub #Bandcamp #ShadowOfIntent #Alestorm #AlisonSudol #CœurDePirate #RussianPop #YuliaSavicheva #SavichevaMusic #Music

Content Creators:
#DougDoug #DistroTube #MattRose #TheHatedOne #EricParker #The8BitGuy #BernadetteBanner #LynnSaga #LukeSmith #UndineAlmani #DarkViperAU

History and Tragic Events:
#NorthKorea #WW2 #ColdWar #KoreanWar #Unit731 #NuclearWeapons #USSR

Fashion and Identity:
#GenderFluidity #Dresses #Lingerie #Pins #Buttons #Statues

Culture and Media:
#Buddhism #Warframe #Moomin #Books #Joker2019 #SocialIssues #AlternativeSocialStructures

#Traveling and Destinations:
#Austria #Vienna #Salzburg #Idlib #Pyongyang #Moscow #Bergen

Miscellaneous:
#AntiReactionContentCreators #ReactionContentBad #Crying

Yeah, I know it's a lot. But that's the beauty of an autistic brain I guess, we go deep on what fascinates us.

I had a very silly problem running my #i3wm (resolved now) and had to try some other window/desktop managers for a day.
I've tried #xfce4 and #kde6. I'm impressed how mature and polished the KDE was, although running a bit slow at times. xfce is lean ans sleek, much less complex without feeling being incomplete.
My hackish, fully keyboard driven #i3wm and #kitty terminals setup looks like it was made in a shed of sticks and zip ties. However, its ergonomics and how it fits to me is unrivaled, its speed and responsiveness are top-notch and it feels so good getting back to it. I've kept Thunar, will use it from time to time instead of #mc and #zsh.