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What is i3?

• Lightweight tiling window manager
• Configured with 2 files
  • ~/.config/i3/config
  • /etc/i3status.conf

Multi-monitor support Monitor properties xrandr -q | grep HDMI

• HDMI-A-0 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

xrandr --prop | grep HDMI

• HDMI-A-0 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

• supported: Unknown, VGA, DVI-D, HDMI, DP, Wireless, Native

## dualmonitor.sh #!/bin/bash echo '1 for on 2 for off' read monitor if [ $monitor == 1 ]; then xrandr --output HDMI-A-0 --auto --left-of eDP elif [ $monitor == 2 ]; then xrandr --output HDMI-A-0 --off fi Top keybindings Mod + O --> Open Firefox Mod + Enter --> Open Terminal Mod + M --> Open the Mutt email client Mod + Shift + M --> Open the Sylpheed email client Mod1 + D --> Open Dmenu Mod1 + T --> Open Tenacity Mod keys mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Meta_L (0xcd) mod4 Super_L (0x85), Super_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf) Area selection screenshots bindsym --release Shift+Print exec import Pictures/Screenshots/screenshot_"$(date "+%a %b %F_%H-%M-%S")".png Screenshot entire screen bindsym --release Print exec import -window root Pictures/Screenshots/screenshot_"$(date "+%a %b %F_%H-%M-%S")".png Compositor

picom

Set wallpaper exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-fill "~/Pictures/Wallpaper/Star\ Trek/STAR-TREK-Starships-star-trek-2952089-1024-768.jpg" i3 with KDE

KDE Plasma with i3wm

systemctl --user mask plasma-kwin_x11.service

• plasma-i3.service

[Install] WantedBy=plasma-workspace.target [Unit] Description=Plasma Custom Window Manager Before=plasma-workspace.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/i3 Slice=session.slice Restart=on-failure

systemctl --user daemon-reload systemctl --user enable plasma-i3.service

Files

~/.config/i3/config

/etc/i3status.conf

dualmonitor.sh

i3_with_kde_plasma_config.conf

Links

Wikipedia article on i3

Wikipedia article on Xinerama

Archwiki entry on i3

i3 User Guide

KDE/Plasma with i3wm