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by betwixthewires 1530 days ago
I have grown to like tiling and think it is the future of desktop computing, if there really is one, even though it is an older paradigm. The ability to automate and set up workflows and maximize on screen space is great.

I've been having trouble lately finding a good launcher/menu. I use Wayland, so I want to use something Wayland native but I wind up sticking with dmenu because the Wayland alternatives don't quite work right. You can't index aliases, .desktop files and PATH at the same time (aliases are a problem with dmenu too), and you can't just run commands. A wlroots launcher that can handle all of these things would be fantastic, bonus points if it can pop out a terminal for TUI applications.
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cylon13 1530 days ago
Tiling is too esoteric to be the future of desktop computing IMO. Luckily that doesn't matter, and the people who enjoy it can use it while others can continue to use stacking WMs or whatever else people might prefer.
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opan 1528 days ago
It's already how phones work by default, more or less. One app is fullscreen, and the ability to split the screen up came later so you can have two side-by-side.
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opan 1528 days ago
bemenu works fairly well for me on Sway. Your limitations may be correct and my usage just differs. I do also use it in scripts and bind some of them to other keys, like for a clipboard manager or a menu to pick from other scripts, or a menu to pick from common programs to focus by class/appid via swaymsg command.

wofi looked slick but is really slow due to gtk limitations, and it might even be abandoned now.

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