Why bspwm.
Because I had some issues with discord, it was slow and i3 is pretty old.
I wanted to try something else.
How I installled bspwm.
Install bspwm
sudo pacman -S bspwm
Create the config files
install -Dm755 /usr/share/doc/bspwm/examples/bspwmrc ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
install -Dm644 /usr/share/doc/bspwm/examples/sxhkdrc ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
sxhkdrc is used to create the shortcuts.
I had to launch bspwm and disable i3.
I’ve done it in the xfce pannel instead of ‘/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc’, because it was not working and I like how I can do it with xfce.
Sxhkd config
#
# wm independent hotkeys
#
# terminal emulator
super + Return
kitty
# program launcher
super + d
dmenu_run
# make sxhkd reload its configuration files:
super + Escape
pkill -USR1 -x sxhkd
#
# bspwm hotkeys
#
# quit/restart bspwm
super + alt + {q,r}
bspc {quit,wm -r}
# close and kill
super + {_,shift + }w
bspc node -{c,k}
# alternate between the tiled and monocle layout
super + m
bspc desktop -l next
# send the newest marked node to the newest preselected node
super + y
bspc node newest.marked.local -n newest.!automatic.local
# swap the current node and the biggest window
#
# state/flags
#
# set the window state
super + {t,shift + t,s,f}
bspc node -t {tiled,pseudo_tiled,floating,fullscreen}
#
# focus/swap
#
# focus the node in the given direction
super + {_,shift + }{Left,Down,Up,Right}
bspc node -{f,s} {west,south,north,east}
# focus the node for the given path jump
super + {p,b,comma,period}
bspc node -f @{parent,brother,first,second}
# focus the last node/desktop
super + {grave,Tab}
bspc {node,desktop} -f last
super + {_,shift + }{1-9,0}
bspc {node -d, desktop -f} '^{1-9,10}'
#super + {_,shift + }{1-9,0}
# bspc node -d '^{1-9,10}'
super + {ampersand,eacute,quotedbl,apostrophe,parenleft,section,egrave,exclam,ccedilla}
bspc desktop -f '^{1-9,10}'
# bscp desktop -f {1-9,10}
alt + shift + {Left,Right,Up,Down}
dir={west,east,north,south}; \
bspc node -s "$dir.local" --follow \
|| bspc node -m "$dir" --follow
#
# preselect
#
# preselect the direction
super + ctrl + {Left,Down,Up,Right}
bspc node -p {west,south,north,east}
# preselect the ratio
super + ctrl + {1-9}
bspc node -o 0.{1-9}
# cancel the preselection for the focused node
super + ctrl + space
bspc node -p cancel
#
# move/resize
#
# expand a window by moving one of its side outward
super + alt + {Left,Down,Up,Right}
bspc node -z {Left -20 0,bottom 0 20,top 0 -20,right 20 0}
# contract a window by moving one of its side inward
super + alt + shift + {Left,Down,Up,Right}
bspc node -z {right -20 0,top 0 20,bottom 0 -20,left 20 0}
# move a floating window
super + {Left,Down,Up,Right}
bspc node -v {-20 0,0 20,0 -20,20 0}
Bspwm config
#! /bin/sh
pgrep -x sxhkd > /dev/null || sxhkd &
bspc monitor -d 1 2 3 4 5
bspc config border_width 2
bspc config window_gap 12
bspc config split_ratio 0.52
bspc config borderless_monocle true
bspc config gapless_monocle true
bspc rule -a Gimp desktop='^8' state=floating follow=on
bspc rule -a Chromium desktop='^2'
bspc rule -a mplayer2 state=floating
bspc rule -a Kupfer.py focus=on
bspc rule -a Screenkey manage=off