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2.4 KiB
Groff
87 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
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i3(1)
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Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
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v3.alpha, February 2009
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== NAME
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i3 - an improved dynamic, tiling window manager
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== SYNOPSIS
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i3
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== DESCRIPTION
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=== INTRODUCTION
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TODO: write an introduction
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=== TERMINOLOGY
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Client::
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A client is X11-speak for a window.
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Table::
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Your workspace is managed using a table. You can move windows around and create new columns
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(move a client to the right) or rows (move it to the bottom) implicitly.
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By "snapping" a client in a specific direction, you increase its colspan/rowspan.
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Container::
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A container contains a variable number of clients. Each cell of the table is a container.
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Containers can be used in various modes. The default mode is called "default" and just
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resizes each client equally so that it fits. The stacking mode is currently not implemented.
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Workspace::
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A workspace is a set of clients (technically speaking, it’s just a table). Other window
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managers call this "Virtual Desktops".
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In i3, each workspace is assigned to a specific virtual screen. By default, screen 1
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has workspace 1, screen 2 has workspace 2 and so on… However, when you create a new
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workspace (by simply switching to it), it’ll be assigned the screen you are currently
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on.
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Virtual Screen::
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Using Xinerama, you can have an X11 screen spanning multiple real monitors. Furthermore,
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you can set them up in cloning mode or with positions (monitor 1 is left of monitor 2).
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A virtual screen is the result of your Xinerama setup. For example, if you have attached
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two real monitors (let’s say your laptop screen and a beamer) and enabled cloning, i3
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will use one virtual screen with the size of the smallest screen you have attached (so
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that you can see all your windows on each screen all the time).
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If you have two monitors attached, one configured to be left of the other, i3 will use
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two virtual screens.
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== KEYBINDINGS
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h/j/k/l::
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Direction keys (left, down, up, right)
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Mod1+<direction>::
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Focus window in <direction>.
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Mod1+Shift+<direction>::
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Move window to <direction>.
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Mod1+Ctrl+<direction>::
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Snap window to <direction>.
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Mod1+<number>::
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Switch to workspace <number>.
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== TODO
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There is lots of stuff left to do. This release is to be considered as a technology preview.
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Here is an overwiew of the most important points:
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* IPC
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* a command for toggling layouts/workspaces
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* floating
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* do something about applications which don’t use _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN (like xpdf)
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== AUTHOR
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Michael Stapelberg and contributors
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