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2015-02-14 23:39:08 +0000 Gamonics flag of United States of America

Donate to i3

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2015-03-06 08:27:10 +0000 mschaefer flag of Germany

Run or focus in i3

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2014-12-16 13:17:15 +0000 gauthier

How to set the urgency hint in a shell

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2015-06-08 21:56:50 +0000 chilicuil

How do I find an app buried in some workspace by its title?

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2014-08-17 16:07:37 +0000 LindaJeanne

anyway to include in config file

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2015-06-22 16:16:07 +0000 adRn

[howto] Debian Wheezy : lightdm + i3

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2014-07-05 07:21:05 +0000 Hibou57 flag of France

Mod-Arrow cycles but not Mod-Shift-Arrow

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2015-09-11 12:34:01 +0000 SpicyCat

What do you guys use for "printscreen"?

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2012-10-12 12:03:54 +0000 i3-tiler

How can I define my workspace on startup

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2014-04-29 22:35:03 +0000 tieni

exiting i3 without mouse click?

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2013-08-01 14:24:55 +0000 lagagnon

Launch 2 terminals + browser same workspace?

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2015-04-09 06:18:54 +0000 Tahtisilma flag of Poland

Custom order of workspaces

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2015-09-16 07:26:20 +0000 Michael

Enabling multimedia keys

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2014-07-21 16:26:43 +0000 zolar

Compton shadows on floating windows *only*

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2015-10-08 06:30:06 +0000 Adaephon

How can I change the position of i3-input prompt?

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2014-07-28 07:58:29 +0000 lkraav

Session's environment variables

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2015-09-08 17:48:22 +0000 berg

What is recommended file manager for i3wm?

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2015-06-30 18:43:52 +0000 ctemplin

How to launch a terminal "from here"?

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2012-08-02 07:30:17 +0000 lkraav

How to fix some wine application issues when hotplugging monitors?

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2012-10-23 15:52:09 +0000 Philippe

How do I use an exclude regex in i3 config

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2012-08-21 13:18:52 +0000 Michael

How to accomplish simple panning capability for large windows?

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2012-08-30 16:11:47 +0000 lkraav

How do I separate inactive window titles?

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2012-10-25 08:21:58 +0000 Michael

New created windows steal focus, how to keep focus on active?

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2013-03-12 11:16:15 +0000 mschaefer flag of Germany

Problem with moving windows between workspaces on us keyboard layout

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2013-03-08 11:12:22 +0000 mschaefer flag of Germany

ubuntu repository not working?

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2013-03-15 13:14:20 +0000 mschaefer flag of Germany

py3status not working

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2013-03-18 07:05:05 +0000 Michael

toggle show/hide of i3bar

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2015-10-11 10:18:00 +0000 Michael

i3 ipc with libanyevent

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2013-03-21 15:41:45 +0000 vandannen

Assign program to specific workspace ON specific output

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