Currently using this in config:
for_window [class="[.]*"] floating enable
Which works perfectly, would however like to be able to have terminals tiling. Is there a way to expand the regular expression to ignore terminal of my choice [in this case Lxterminal] ?
Just add another for_window line above which matches the terminal and set floating disable.
Keep in mind that i3 is a tiling window manager. Maybe i3 is not the best solution for your workflow then.
I have come from using Openbox so just trying to get into the habit of using a tiling window manager. From what I have read the first thing users do is set up floating windows for gui applications. my thinking was to work the other way around. Will try adding an exception as per you answer.
I used to use terminator before moving to i3... if you only need tiling for terminals, that's a very good option.
http://www.tenshu.net/p/terminator.html
(Expanding on what joepd said)
Asked: 2013-06-11 06:54:00 +0000
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Hrrmm... I would go for a terminal multiplexer like tmux in a floating window manager. If normal behavior = non-tiling, then get a non-tiling WM, especially as there is excellent tiling behavior in the exceptional application. .
I just like the purity of i3, its simplicity and small size. Would like to carry on using it if ok ;)
lol hehe, welcome aboard :) But just choose the best tool for the job. You could always run i3 on a different TTY than openbox, and juggle with Xvfb and Xephyr to swap applications from the one to the other. Did not reach stability with that aproach, though :)