Arch + i3 gang FTW!! New subscriber.

Using I3 with tabs too, and I love that, for years now. On 4x24" screens, I have room, and I'm used to working on different screens at my job and @home too. I just like to have some applications/information displayed at the same place. Still, I use tabs, between 2/4 per screens. This is so good to have the capability to move around without leaving your keyboard… And tmux/vim. The best configuration possible (at least.. for me) !

I came to this channel because of a video that talked about workflow and the idea of really being effective without leaving the development environment, minimizing the use of the mouse, etc. very interesting. On the same topic, I also agree with the idea of a youtuber rwxrob who says "my wm is tmux" or something like that. In this learning path with tmux, neovim and other"cli-tools" you can generate an IDE or PDE abstracting a KDE or even Windows desktop. It is a pending task to venture into a wm, I would be interested in installing "sway" at some point. this channel has great content, congratulations

Always loving your content!

@SebastianDaschnerIT

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad to hear that!

i3wm & sway (for wayland folks) are both good alternatives, of course we can replicate a lot of these behaviours on GNOME, but TWM is way more lightweight, no doubt about that =). For GNOME, I usually disable an entry via dconf-editor that maps the default behaviour for the Mod key and then set Mod+Space to open the overview instead, that way I avoid accidentally opening the overview, and also avoid key conflicts. I changed/added +50 key combinations on GNOME via the keyboard settings haha.

Really appreciated this one, thank you! Since you are a heavy vim user have you thought about neovim? Specifically I’m interested if we can set up a decent IDE for Java with neovim and how it compares to Intelij

@SebastianDaschnerIT

5 ай бұрын

So the way how I use vim it wouldn't make a difference (I'm not a heavy plugin user). But for development I need my IDE (for refactorings, actions, compilation, etc.). I guess it's possible to rebuild most things with smart vim plugins but haven't done it myself. That's why I use IdeaVim as vim simulation in IJ and I live with the few shortcomings that this IDE plugin has over proper vim.

i hope that w.e plans you have, you will reach them. thank you for helping.

Awesome video! What font size do you normally use in your IDE and terminal?

@SebastianDaschnerIT

5 ай бұрын

In IntelliJ, I use the default (JetBrains Mono, 13.0), in the terminal (Alacritty) it's size 8

It is awesome, I agree. Using dwm here. There is a new text editor, zed-editor (AUR), that I would like to try, but the build isn't working. So much better than Mac users with Tmux, right?

@SebastianDaschnerIT

5 ай бұрын

Yes, a tiling wm is more flexible than tmux, which is why I don't use the latter, only everything in i3. Sorry to hear about that editor not building, haven't tried it myself...

Ok, this is something OS specific (Widnows key on Windows, Super key on Mac, Command Key on Linux)

What is the 'Super key'. Is it something from Mac?

@SebastianDaschnerIT

5 ай бұрын

That's the Linux name for the "Windows" key (the one between Ctrl and Alt)

can one use i3 with ubuntu? i just won't get sway :I

@SebastianDaschnerIT

2 ай бұрын

Yes sure, you'll just start a different window manager at the very startup (startx, etc.)

@thecodealchemist7095

2 ай бұрын

@@SebastianDaschnerIT oh intersting, would look into it asap

dotfiles tour please