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Is it possible to run i3 in MS Windows

matma6
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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 (May 19 '13)edit

What about replacing explorer with Xorg?

matma6 (May 24 '13)edit

Only if you apply the GNU / Linux patch.

Wesley (May 24 '13)edit

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answered Jun 19 '15

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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 (Jun 19 '15)edit

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answered May 16 '13

sLite
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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 May 17 '13

dosimple
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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.

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answered May 16 '13

Michael
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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 (Jun 19 '15)edit

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

João Manoel (Jun 19 '15)edit

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