Re: [i3] keeping one window protected?

  • From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: Sylvain Benner <sylvain.benner@xxxxxxxxx>, "Discussions\/Questions about the i3 window manager" <i3-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 07:07:43 +0200

Hi Sylvain,

Sylvain Benner <sylvain.benner@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Let me rephrase your asking: If you have the focus on emacs and open an
application you want it to not resize the emacs window.
If this is correct then this is not possible in i3 without a patch or
script, there is no such thing as a sticky/protected container which can
freeze its structure and delegate it to the next container (or create a new
one if required).

Michael what do you think about such a feature ? It captures the feeling of
one property of slave/master in some other WM but still let the user to do
it when and where it wants it which fits the philosophy of i3 in my
opinion. The tricky part is the visual clue about such containers/windows.
I don’t see that as a good feature for i3. It does not strike me as
particularly useful, and it is solving an issue that only exists for
newcomers to i3.

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Best regards,
Michael

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