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by wilj 1772 days ago
I use the same setup with i3wm (Regolith desktop) and love it.
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i3 is probably the one thing I really miss when I moved from Linux to OSX.
I use amethyst, it's not as good as i3 but it's the best you can get on a mac imho
I understand. Apple allows me to have the desk split between two apps, but nothing more.
For my particular monitor, that’s most of what I would use on i3 due to size limitations. The issue for me is that splitting the screen in OSX is so clunky compared to i3.
I use Hammerspoon and I have got a modal dialog that I summon with alt-space. This shows me the keys I can press next, and some of them are to move the current window to specific positions and sizes, such as 100% of the height and 80% of the width, on the right hand side.

It's not the same thing as a tiling window manager, but I actually like it better: I can use the 80%x100% size for my browser and keep a terminal on the left hand side. Then I can browse HN while still watching the terminal for output. When there is output in the terminal, that's a trigger for me to switch.