Recommends: i3lock, suckless-tools, i3status
Description: metapackage (i3 window manager, screen locker, menu, statusbar)
This metapackage installs the i3 window manager (i3-wm), the i3lock screen
- locker (slightly improved version of slock), suckless-tools which contains
- dmenu and i3status, which displays useful information about your system in
- combination with dzen2. These are all the tools you need to use the i3 window
- manager efficiently.
+ locker, i3status (for system information) and suckless-tools (for dmenu).
+ These are all the tools you need to use the i3 window manager efficiently.
Package: i3-wm
Architecture: any
Suggests: rxvt-unicode | x-terminal-emulator
Recommends: xfonts-base
Description: improved dynamic tiling window manager
- Key features of i3 are correct implementation of Xinerama (workspaces are
- assigned to virtual screens, i3 does the right thing when attaching new
- monitors), XrandR support (not done yet), horizontal and vertical columns
- (think of a table) in tiling. Also, special focus is on writing clean,
- readable and well documented code. i3 uses xcb for asynchronous
- communication with X11, and has several measures to be very fast.
+ Key features of i3 are good documentation, reasonable defaults (changeable in
+ a simple configuration file) and good multi-monitor support. The user
+ interface is designed for power users and emphasizes keyboard usage. i3 uses
+ XCB for asynchronous communication with X11 and aims to be fast and
+ light-weight.
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Please be aware i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers.