Integrating i3 Tiling Window Manager with Emacs: A Practical Guide
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nosolace
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Summary
The author describes their experience trying to integrate the i3 tiling window manager with Emacs, having previously tried EXWM (Emacs Window Manager) but finding it problematic for running ordinary graphical applications like Steam. They aim to create a common set of keybindings between i3 and Emacs for a more seamless workflow.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledtiling window managers are wonderful. ultra-flexible text editors are also wonderful.
i thought i'd found the ideal solution in exwm… and i think it would have been, save for the fact that i use ordinary, graphical windows as much, if not more than, text buffers
sometimes those windows are from dodgy programs (e.g., steam) that have trouble with EXWM's fancy input methods.
inspired by such posts as √(-1)'s, i set out to get a common set of keybindings between emacs and
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