On: I3: Improved Tiling Window Manager

[Steltek]

I'm jealous of you and others in this thread that shared this path. I've unfortunately been dragged in the other direction: I was a happy i3/Linux user and now I'm coping with a multi-monitor Mac setup which stubbornly refuses to support workflows which I find to be very fast and efficient.

There are some tools (all $$) for Mac which attempt to replicate a tiling WM but Apple's support for it is extremely poor, affecting the quality of the tools.

[jessemillar → Steltek]

I'm no longer using a Mac (for employer reasons), but I had a lot of success with Yabai (free/open-source) before I switched. https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai

[Steltek → jessemillar]

I haven't disabled SIP yet. As a Mac novice, I'm wary of breaking something required for work (and in a pandemic WFH to boot) that I can't fix. But it looks like it's optional.

I'll give it a shot! Thanks for the tip!

[tuananh → Steltek]

yabai works without SIP, minus some features that requires it

[city41 → Steltek]

This is the danger of tiling window managers :( I now fear one day I will work at a company that won't let me use Linux.

But on the flip side, it's a great testament to the power of tiling. You'll have to claw i3 out of my cold dead hands :)

[vidarh → city41]

If I was forced to work on a non-Linux box now, I'd most likely end up running a Linux VM and do most things within the VM.

[Pumafied → Steltek]

It’s not full tiling but penc https://github.com/dgurkaynak/Penc meets my needs for tiling