On Sunday, January 17, 2021 11:36 PM, Eric Pruitt <eric.pru...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 10:58:10AM +0000, Hritik Vijay wrote: > > > > Are there window managers that do NOT behave this way with respect > > > to workspaces? > > > > I've seen i3 handle this case with a i3-exec binary. It basically > > launches the target application and signals the i3wm where it was > > executed. I guess something similar could be developed here. It could > > be used as a wrapper inside dmenu launcher. > > I can't find a binary named i3-exec in the i3 GitHub repository > (https://github.com/i3/i3) or in lists of files for the i3 Debian > package (https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/amd64/i3-wm/filelist). Apologies for the confusion. It is actually an i3 command which can be executed as `i3-msg exec` or simply `i3 exec` The wihack (“The wmii window hack”) suggested by Quentin Rameau appears to be something that does the same. Hritik
