i3(1)
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Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
v3.alpha, February 2009

== NAME

i3 - an improved dynamic, tiling window manager

== SYNOPSIS

i3

== DESCRIPTION

=== INTRODUCTION

TODO: write an introduction

=== TERMINOLOGY

Client::
A client is X11-speak for a window.

Table::
Your workspace is managed using a table. You can move windows around and create new columns
(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.

Container::
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
resizes each client equally so that it fits. The stacking mode is currently not implemented.

Workspace::
A workspace is a set of clients (technically speaking, it’s just a table). Other window
managers call this "Virtual Desktops".
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In i3, each workspace is assigned to a specific virtual screen. By default, screen 1
has workspace 1, screen 2 has workspace 2 and so on… However, when you create a new
workspace (by simply switching to it), it’ll be assigned the screen you are currently
on.

Virtual Screen::
Using Xinerama, you can have an X11 screen spanning multiple real monitors. Furthermore,
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
two real monitors (let’s say your laptop screen and a beamer) and enabled cloning, i3
will use one virtual screen with the size of the smallest screen you have attached (so
that you can see all your windows on each screen all the time).
If you have two monitors attached, one configured to be left of the other, i3 will use
two virtual screens.

== KEYBINDINGS

h/j/k/l::
Direction keys (left, down, up, right)

Mod1+<direction>::
Focus window in <direction>.

Mod1+Shift+<direction>::
Move window to <direction>.

Mod1+Ctrl+<direction>::
Snap window to <direction>.

Mod1+<number>::
Switch to workspace <number>.

== TODO

There is lots of stuff left to do. This release is to be considered as a technology preview.
Here is an overwiew of the most important points:

 * IPC
 * a command for toggling layouts/workspaces
 * floating
 * do something about applications which don’t use _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN (like xpdf)

== AUTHOR

Michael Stapelberg and contributors