As the title suggests, I'd like to replace i3bar with tint2. There are a couple of issues with that. 1. While i3bar creates workspaces as they're used, tint2 forces users to create them explicitly. I'd like to use i3's native workspaces. Is this possible? 2. When I change workspaces, tint2 disappears. I'd like it to persist across workspaces. How does one do that?
Disclaimer: I have never used tint2, so keep that in mind when reading my answer.
1: Change the tint2 source code so that it communicates with i3 like i3bar does. See http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html and the i3bar source code itself.
2: The window that tint2 opens needs to set a hint stating that it’s a dock window. Then, i3 will place it at the bottom (or top, depending on the window’s hint) of the screen.
Aha, if you want a transparent i3bar, you might be better off with a compositor like Compton. You can define that also a dock window type needs to be transparent:
wintypes:
{
dock = { opacity = 0.6 };
};
Asked: 2014-03-14 21:24:20 +0000
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Last updated: Apr 23 '14
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The _how_ cannot be positively answered. I doubt the _why_ can. So, what would you like to achieve?
Basically, I'd like a transparent i3bar.
I have all the features of tint2 working with i3 in my development branch. You will have lots of bars to choose from in the next version.