i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:49:46 +0000Start in stackinghttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/Hello, I would like to start all my gvim instances in stacking mode. I tried this but without any luck: for_window [class="^Gvim$"] layout stacking How to do that? But I would like also to start one instance in non-stacking mode (in my autostart script). In this case and once I get it working, I will need to do this I guess: gvim i3-msg layout normal Right? Thanks!Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:20:27 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/Answer by Michael for <p>Hello,</p> <p>I would like to start all my gvim instances in stacking mode. I tried this but without any luck:</p> <pre><code>for_window [class="^Gvim$"] layout stacking </code></pre> <p>How to do that? But I would like also to start one instance in non-stacking mode (in my autostart script). In this case and once I get it working, I will need to do this I guess:</p> <pre><code>gvim i3-msg layout normal </code></pre> <p>Right? Thanks!</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/?answer=431#post-id-431I’ve talked to someone about this before and figured out it must be a bug that this is not possible. If you want to, report it at https://github.com/i3/i3/issuesTue, 04 Sep 2012 14:27:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/?answer=431#post-id-431Comment by Michael for <p>I’ve talked to someone about this before and figured out it must be a bug that this is not possible. If you want to, report it at <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">https://github.com/i3/i3/issues</a></p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/?comment=433#comment-433This bug was fixed with commit https://github.com/i3/i3/commit/4976fa3Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:32:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/?comment=433#comment-433Comment by lzap for <p>I’ve talked to someone about this before and figured out it must be a bug that this is not possible. If you want to, report it at <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">https://github.com/i3/i3/issues</a></p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/?comment=435#comment-435Cool! Thanks.Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:49:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/?comment=435#comment-435Comment by lzap for <p>I’ve talked to someone about this before and figured out it must be a bug that this is not possible. If you want to, report it at <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3/issues">https://github.com/i3/i3/issues</a></p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/?comment=432#comment-432Ok got i3-4.2-1.fc17.x86_64 - Fedora package has no patches, but it has slightly different GCC flags. I will try HEAD first I guess.Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:17:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/430/start-in-stacking/?comment=432#comment-432