Ask HN: Struggling with managing i3/tmux/vim. Need to simplify.

1 pointby madewithdrama4 hours ago2 comments

sprsquish4 hours ago
When I was running i3 I basically used it as a glorified workspace switcher. I ran a terminal with tmux full screen on one workspace and a browser full screen on the other. i3 let me swap between them, run a status bar with a clock and other little helpers and a launcher for when I needed some other app. The only bindings I needed to know where how to switch workspaces and how to navigate tmux and neovim.
- madewithdrama4 hours ago
  That's pretty much where I'm at.
  But I keep running into situations such as this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/145857/how-do-you-h...
  where I can think of numerous hacky solutions for the job (i could use i3, or split tmux and add keybinds, or split panes in vim) and it feels unsustainable.
ofalkaed4 hours ago
https://notionwm.net/
- madewithdrama4 hours ago
  what would switching from i3 to notion accomplish? does it also replace tmux?
  - ofalkaed4 hours ago
    Given what you say about how you use i3/tmux, I think it can replace both for you if you can adapt to it's sense of static tabbed and tiling window management.