On Sunday, January 17, 2021 11:36 PM, Eric Pruitt <eric.pruitt_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 10:58:10AM +0000, Hritik Vijay wrote:
>
> > > Are there window managers that do NOT behave this way with respect
> > > to workspaces?
> >
> > I've seen i3 handle this case with a i3-exec binary. It basically
> > launches the target application and signals the i3wm where it was
> > executed. I guess something similar could be developed here. It could
> > be used as a wrapper inside dmenu launcher.
>
> I can't find a binary named i3-exec in the i3 GitHub repository
> (https://github.com/i3/i3) or in lists of files for the i3 Debian
> package (https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/amd64/i3-wm/filelist).
Apologies for the confusion. It is actually an i3 command which can be executed as `i3-msg exec` or simply `i3 exec`
The wihack (“The wmii window hack”) suggested by Quentin Rameau appears to be something that does the same.
Hritik
Received on Mon Jan 18 2021 - 13:12:27 CET