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by OsrsNeedsf2P 982 days ago
> The purpose of workspace sets is to have a dedicated set of normal workspaces for different activities the user does on their computer. For example, I have one workspace set (containing a 2x2 workspace grid) dedicated to Wayfire, where I have Wayfire’s source code, GitHub issues, wlroots, etc. There is another workspace set dedicated to a project I am working on for university, and so on. Of course, a similar effect could be achieved with a single bigger workspace grid, but having a 5x5 workspace grid quickly becomes difficult to navigate.

I've wanted this for 7 years

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i've been using https://github.com/infokiller/i3-workspace-groups for this to great effect for quite some time
Thank you, this looks ideal. I've wanted a way to do this for a long time.
Doesn't KDE's Activities handle this?
I think they also want tiling behaviors, but I think you can get at least starting positions of application windows in activities and virtual desktops via KWin rules.
What blocked you from using any other WM with multiple workspaces in such a configuration?
> I've wanted this for 7 years

Is there a good story behind how specific that is?