In EXWM, what is the benefit of workspaces over tab-bar-mode?
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MarkofCorn · 2022-03-11 03:43

I know that workspaces by default restrict X windows to a specific
workspace, but I have always disabled that function anyway. I'm just
using tab-bar-mode right now but is there any actual reason to use
workspaces instead?

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Faerryn · 2022-03-11 04:15

I think that workspaces are needed to make multi-monitor setups work.

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ieure · 2022-03-11 04:53

They multiplex space like tabs, but don't take up any of your display
to do it.

I don't much like tabs.

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karthink · 2022-03-11 05:07

Tabs don't take up any of your display either. With tab-bar-history-
mode (included with Emacs), I find them pretty useful.

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sunnyata · 2022-03-11 10:21

How do they not take up any of the display?

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poinkalum · 2022-03-11 13:05

It's possible to disable the display of tabs in the tab-bar, but keep
using them as window configurations. You can test it by enabling tab-
bar, creating a bunch of different window layouts in different tabs,
then disabling the mode : `tab-bar-switch-to-tab` is available whether
the tab-bar-mode is enabled or not.

The name of the feature is quite unfortunate, as the provided feature
is in fact window configurations, with the possibility to add a bar at
the top that reflects them.

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MarkofCorn · 2022-03-11 20:21

Yep, this is pretty much what I do. I really only use it over
workspaces so that everything works the same in exwm as it does if i
am not using exwm