My I3-Emacs Integration

Side note: I am really enjoying HN today with the set of stories with personal hacks like this i3-emacs integration, someone's desk setup, someone's writer-deck laptop install, the kinda hilarious but also hecka geeky thermal ttrpg thingamabob, and the 16 byte wake up demo. Fun geeky stuff that isn't AI,and I love AI, but it ain't everything.

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skulk an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've started using ewm to get this kind of unification between emacs window management and non-emacs window management.

https://codeberg.org/ezemtsov/ewm

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PunchyHamster 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I just use super(win key)/hyper (bound to capslock) for i3-related commands and leave emacs to its own devices with normal binds

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noosphr 33 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

There can never be too many modifier keys:

https://xcancel.com/octonion/status/1341113219142828039

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rileymat2 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, I am misunderstanding the problem. The windows/mac command key leave shift, control and alt free for i3.

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royal__ an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah this is what I do. This article feels like crazy overengineering for something that's not really a problem

	▲	dima55 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		A dedicated key for all window-manager things is what people that have thought about it do (I use the "windows" key). But keyboard manufacturers haven't thought about it, so sometimes reasonable things aren't possible. I don't know.