Post AsWLPJnSaOl9TUI6lM by ldiamand@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AsUderXDjH2mK8DdFg by juliank@mastodon.social
       2025-03-27T21:49:21Z
       
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       I don't understand tiling window managers, I don't think they make much sense.My terminal is heavily tiled, but that doesn't combine well with a tiling window manager.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsUdesjfGUam3135Hs by reto@pleroma.labrat.space
       2025-03-27T22:01:54.428473Z
       
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       @juliank I have it the other way around... Why would I want to not use my laptop's screen estate?I want to maximize the content, always. Tiling pretty much makes that automatic over a floating thing where I keep having to maximize everything / snap to edges
       
 (DIR) Post #AsUeVyROmc1v5foyrQ by juliank@mastodon.social
       2025-03-27T22:06:00Z
       
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       @reto I'd rather have my terminal multiplexer also multiplex my windows but then I'm back to square one.I need to do the tiling in the terminal for efficiency sake, but I need to do it *inside* the terminal, I can't just tile multiple terminal windows because I need to protect my work against a crashing desktop session.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsUeVzH9gBQjgC2JX6 by reto@pleroma.labrat.space
       2025-03-27T22:11:31.074147Z
       
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       @juliank my desktop doesn't crash... so not part of my failure mode but I do use tmux for other reasons. But If I have a terminal and say some docs in a browser I by default just want a clean vertical split in the middle for example.... again pretty much what the tiling wm does automatically.I mean sure I can also get by with edge snapping / win+arrows snap or whatever but it's a useless click.  I personally just want this to happen without my involvement.Not trying to convert you though, to each their own.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsWLPJnSaOl9TUI6lM by ldiamand@fosstodon.org
       2025-03-28T14:26:29Z
       
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       @reto @juliank using i3 I can mostly navigate just using the keyboard and everything is always full or half screen. Just feels way more efficient than having to drag things into the right place/size.