How can I use i3 in Gnome 2 DE?
Answering my own question here. Thanks to mue @ #i3 on ircd.twice-irc.de for the help.
I am using:
- RHEL 6.3
- Gnome 2.28.2
- i3 4.0.1
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Answering this question explicitly, since people might not even be opening questions that do not have an answer (plus search engines use this kind of information, too):
Set the windowmanager to i3 using gconf:
gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager i3 --type string
Disable nautilus’s desktop mode (causes problems with i3):
gconftool-2 -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false --type boolean
Also, make sure that you either use i3 >= v4.2 (which ships with /usr/share/applications/i3.desktop), or create ~/.local/share/applications/i3.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=i3
Comment=improved dynamic tiling window manager
Exec=i3
X-GNOME-WMName=i3
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=WindowManager
X-GNOME-Provides=windowmanager
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=false
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Asked: 2012-08-16 02:15:21 +0000
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Last updated: Aug 16 '12
FYI: I edited your question to have the answer in an actual answer, not in the question :)