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@ -70,25 +70,26 @@ differentiates the window managers is their individual features.
them.
+ **herbstluftwm (hlwm):** herbstluftwm prioritises manual tiling
methods and can treat arbitrary rectangles of a monitor as virtual
monitors. The virtual monitors feature is perfect for anyone with a
widescreen display. The one I have (which is not mine, but anyway)
is 2560x1080, so I split it by default into a regular 1920x1080 area
and another "sidebar" of 640x1080. herbstluftwm has the concept of
"frame", which is a container of regular windows. Each frame can
have its own layout, including a vertical/horizontal stack, grid,
and tabbed.
methods. It has the concept of "frames", which are rectangles that
include regular app windows. Each frame has its own dimensions are
layout. For example, it is possible to have a frame where windows
are vertically layed out one below the other and another frame with
a tabbed layout. What makes this even more appealing, is the ease
with which a workspace can be preconfigured (or dymanically
adjusted) to a given arrangement of frames and their layouts. I
think herbstluftwm is optimal for screens wider than the the regular
1920x1080. Otherwise, the manual tiling method adds cognitive load
that the user does not have while using bspwm.
+ **i3 (or i3wm):** The first tiling window manager I ever used (circa
2017). The reason I abandoned it back in the day in favour of bspwm
2017). The reason I abandoned it back in the day in favour of bspwm
is because its default tiling method requires manual intervention to
change the split direction. On a small laptop monitor, I prefer
this to be done automatically, hence bspwm. Though on a wide
monitor, I typically keep the split direction constant. i3 has the
concept of the "container" (same as herbstluftwm "frame"), which can
be set to stacked, tabbed, or tiled layouts. As such, i3 is
somewhere between bspwm and herbstluftwm. Choose according to your
needs.
change the split direction. On a small laptop monitor, I prefer this
to be done automatically, hence bspwm. Though on a wide monitor, I
typically keep the split direction constant. i3 has the concept of
the "container" (same as the herbstluftwm "frame"), which can be set
to stacked, tabbed, or tiled layouts. As such, i3 is somewhere
between bspwm and herbstluftwm. Choose according to your needs.
Check the `xtwm-key-binding-cheatsheet.md` file for an overview of
their key bindings.