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Is it possible to run i3 in MS Windows

asked 2013-05-16 20:23:00 +0000

matma6 gravatar image

i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively?

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use linux instead

killown gravatar imagekillown ( 2013-05-19 04:36:30 +0000 )edit

What about replacing explorer with Xorg?

matma6 gravatar imagematma6 ( 2013-05-24 08:24:23 +0000 )edit

Only if you apply the GNU / Linux patch.

Wesley gravatar imageWesley ( 2013-05-24 18:58:07 +0000 )edit

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answered 2015-06-19 20:50:30 +0000

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I compiled i3 successfully with cygwin. But I can not initialize it with startx.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2t3bnv108qnl1e/i3-cannot-start.png?dl=0

João Manoel gravatar imageJoão Manoel ( 2015-06-19 21:05:33 +0000 )edit
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answered 2013-05-16 20:49:43 +0000

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I don't think its possible, i3 is a windowsmanager for X11. MS Windows handles windowmanagement completely fdifferent.

But there are tiling WMs for Windows out there.

www.winsplit-revolution.com

www.autohotkey.net/~joten/bug.n.html

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answered 2013-05-17 19:40:18 +0000

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well, there is openbox (cygwin.com/packages/openbox/) in cygwin. so it must be possible. but, only X windows would be managed. btw, cygwin is awesome.

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forgot to mention, there is no socket in cygwin filesystem yet. so maybe is a limitation.

dosimple gravatar imagedosimple ( 2013-05-17 19:45:38 +0000 )edit
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answered 2013-05-16 20:39:46 +0000

Michael gravatar image

No, not that I know of. Somebody once tried to compile it with cygwin, but I never heard from that person again.

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I compiled i3 successfully with cygwin. But I can not initialize it with startx

João Manoel gravatar imageJoão Manoel ( 2015-06-19 20:51:02 +0000 )edit

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2t3bnv108qnl1e/i3-cannot-start.png?dl=0

João Manoel gravatar imageJoão Manoel ( 2015-06-19 21:04:32 +0000 )edit

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