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

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