Seems to be much more what I want compared to awesome - at least based on the screens+docs on the website; dunno when I'll have time to get switched over. :(
Yes, but by Windows 10 IOT edition for raspberry pi I meant "hahaha wtf are Microsoft on? Do they seriously expect /anyone/ to ever use that heap of shit? I mean, they sent me an Intel galileo board f with a windows 8 build that runs on it, for /free/, and I didn't even have the deceny to boot it up before I formatted the SD card
I'd tried to use tilers before, just to see why people like them so much, and never got on with them. I certainly never thought I'd switch to one, I was just curious. But i3 just instantly clicked for me.
I use it without any bar now (bar gradually seemed less useful), just keyboard based window management and dmenu (edit: just switched to rofi, it's pretty great) for launching.
I've got as far as creating the /.i3/config file, but when I drop in the text and try to save, I get [ Error writing /home/pi/.i3/config: No such file or directory ] I've tried starting the line
nano ~/.i3/config
with 'sudo' in case it's a permissions thing, but no dice. I can't see a folder '.i3' under /home/pi btw.
cd /.i3 returns 'no such file or directory'
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked." James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
Thanks for that Ant. I've managed to create the config file & rebooted. It now reboots to the attached screen. I'll go through Xen's procedure again & see if i can spot any mistakes in what I've done.
In the config file, should the address of the file be written as:
That screenshot shows i3 running. So it's mostly there. The bottom bar is showing though - need to get rid of that. And the terminal doesn't seem to be running - need to fix that.
Either of those lines should work since index.js is right in your home folder (the canonical one's a bit 'better', it'll still work if i3 or node decide their current working directory is not home).
That screen is so cute :-$
I'm going to test some things and then post again.