Hi there,
I'm trying to set up dual head with Slackware. I'm running nvidia driver
with TwinView. Everything is fine apart from one thing. I know that the
idea of tiling WM is to take the whole available screen, but can we
limit the screens to monitor 1 or 2? What I mean is that when a
workspace is blank and I start eg. firefox, it gets display across two
monitors, ie. the content is in the middle, between two monitors. Is it
possible to start it on a particular monitor? The same thing applies to
the terminal. When I open quite a few of them, There's the left column
of terminals, the right one, and the middle one which is split between
two monitors.
btw, is there anything I should add to xinitrc.i3 to optimise it for
Xinerama?
That's my config:
# This configuration uses Mod1 and Mod3. Make sure they are mapped
properly using xev(1)
# and xmodmap(1). Usually, Mod1 is Alt (Alt_L) and Mod3 is Windows (Super_L)
# ISO 10646 = Unicode
font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
# Use Mouse+Mod1 to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier Mod1
# no internal status bar (to get dzen2)
workspace_bar no
exec /home/xtd8865/.i3/startup &
client.focused #000099 #000000 #0000FF
ipc-socket /home/xtd8865/.i3/ipc.sock=
# Fullscreen (Mod1+f)
bind Mod1+41 f
# Stacking (Mod1+h)
bind Mod1+43 s
# Tabbed (Mod1+w)
bind Mod1+25 T
# Default (Mod1+e)
bind Mod1+26 d
# Toggle tiling/floating of the current window (Mod1+Shift+Space)
bind Mod1+Shift+65 t
# Go into the tiling layer / floating layer, depending on whether
# the current window is tiling / floating (Mod1+t)
bind Mod1+28 focus ft
# Focus (Mod1+j/k/l/;)
bind Mod1+44 h
bind Mod1+45 j
bind Mod1+46 k
bind Mod1+47 l
# (alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:)
bindsym Mod1+Left h
bindsym Mod1+Down j
bindsym Mod1+Up k
bindsym Mod1+Right l
# Focus Container (Mod3+j/k/l/;)
bind Mod3+44 wch
bind Mod3+45 wcj
bind Mod3+46 wck
bind Mod3+47 wcl
# (alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:)
bindsym Mod3+Left wch
bindsym Mod3+Down wcj
bindsym Mod3+Up wck
bindsym Mod3+Right wcl
# Snap (Mod1+Control+j/k/l/;)
bind Mod1+Control+44 sh
bind Mod1+Control+45 sj
bind Mod1+Control+46 sk
bind Mod1+Control+47 sl
# (alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:)
bindsym Mod1+Control+Left sh
bindsym Mod1+Control+Down sj
bindsym Mod1+Control+Up sk
bindsym Mod1+Control+Right sl
# Move (Mod1+Shift+j/k/l/;)
bind Mod1+Shift+44 mh
bind Mod1+Shift+45 mj
bind Mod1+Shift+46 mk
bind Mod1+Shift+47 ml
# (alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:)
bindsym Mod1+Shift+Left mh
bindsym Mod1+Shift+Down mj
bindsym Mod1+Shift+Up mk
bindsym Mod1+Shift+Right ml
# Move Container (Mod3+Shift+j/k/l/;)
bind Mod3+Shift+44 wcmh
bind Mod3+Shift+45 wcmj
bind Mod3+Shift+46 wcmk
bind Mod3+Shift+47 wcml
# Workspaces (Mod1+1/2/…)
bind Mod1+10 1
bind Mod1+11 2
bind Mod1+12 3
bind Mod1+13 4
bind Mod1+14 5
bind Mod1+15 6
bind Mod1+16 7
bind Mod1+17 8
bind Mod1+18 9
bind Mod1+19 10
# Move to Workspaces
bind Mod1+Shift+10 m1
bind Mod1+Shift+11 m2
bind Mod1+Shift+12 m3
bind Mod1+Shift+13 m4
bind Mod1+Shift+14 m5
bind Mod1+Shift+15 m6
bind Mod1+Shift+16 m7
bind Mod1+Shift+17 m8
bind Mod1+Shift+18 m9
bind Mod1+Shift+19 m10
# Mod1+Enter starts a new terminal
bind Mod1+36 exec /usr/bin/sakura
# Mod1+Shift+q kills the current client
bind Mod1+Shift+24 kill
# Mod1+v starts dmenu and launches the selected application
# for now, we don’t have a launcher of our own.
bind Mod1+55 exec /usr/bin/dmenu_run
# Mod1+Shift+e exits i3
bind Mod1+Shift+26 exit
# Mod1+Shift+r restarts i3 inplace
bind Mod1+Shift+27 restart
# The IPC interface allows programs like an external workspace bar
# (i3-wsbar) or i3-msg (can be used to "remote-control" i3) to work.
ipc-socket ~/.i3/ipc.sock
#############################################################
# DELETE THE FOLLOWING LINES TO DISABLE THE WELCOME MESSAGE #
#############################################################
exec xmessage -file /etc/i3/welcome
new_window bp
client.focused #000000 #77dd77 #000000
client.focused_inactive #BBDDBB #BBDDBB #000000
client.unfocused #888888 #888888 #D0D0D0
client.urgent #A00000 #A00000 #FFFFFF
bar.focused #EEEEEE #EEEEEE #000000
bar.unfocused #888888 #888888 #EEEEEE
bar.urgent #A00000 #A00000 #FFCCCC
And that's my xinitrc.i3
#!/bin/sh
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
# Merge in defaults and keymaps
[ -f $sysresources ] && /usr/bin/xrdb -merge $sysresources
[ -f $sysmodmap ] && /usr/bin/xmodmap $sysmodmap
[ -f $userresources ] && /usr/bin/xrdb -merge $userresources
[ -f $usermodmap ] && /usr/bin/xmodmap $usermodmap
# Start i3
if [ -z "$DESKTOP_SESSION" -a -x /usr/bin/ck-launch-session ]; then
exec ck-launch-session i3
else
exec i3
fi
Thank you
martin