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0 pointsbtschaegg5y ago0 comments

If you're willing to write it yourself, `awesome` (the window manager) might be what you're looking for.

It's surprisingly powerful. As an example, I once had a cobbled together WM version of emacs' `ace-window` way of jumping between windows going. It wasn't even that much code…

There also supposedly is a Wayland based "successor" for it called `way-cooler`. I've never used that one, though.

Edit: OTOH, I've come to find the `i3` model of just allocating 10 virtual work spaces to work better for me, since that works way better with just a keyboard than tabs. But I guess this is a matter of personal preference.

Edit2: It looks like `way-cooler` was discontinued last year: http://way-cooler.org/blog/2020/01/09/way-cooler-post-mortem...

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em-bee5y ago

virtual workspaces is what i am using now. trouble is that on a dual monitor setup that does not work very well, because either both workspaces move on both monitors at the same time (like kde does) or one monitor is static and only has one work space (like gnome support). the latter is slightly better, but wastes space because i can only organize one screen into multiple workspaces.

there are few window managers/ wayland compositors that do that right. enlightenment is one, but i couldn't get used to it. wayfire is a new compiz style wayland compositor that does it right too. loved that one, as i was a fan of compiz before (and i got wobbly windows with kde now too :-) but unfortunately not stable enough for daily use.

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