To Bar or Not to Bar
Added 2021-03-08 19:44:29 +0000 UTCBrowsing r/unixporn has made me think about something. A lot of the rices you see there don't have bars/panels. I look at these setups and I just can't get my head around them. Now, for aesthetics, they look great. Getting that little bit of extra real estate makes a ton of sense, but functionally, I can't wrap my head around it.
The other day I set up bswpm from scratch, and as it doesn't come with a bar, I spent a half hour or so without a bar while I played with lemonbar. It drove me batty.
How do you know where you are in terms of workspaces? It makes it so much harder to navigate. I was constantly switching to the wrong workspace.
The question is, do the people who tout being anti-bar know something I don't? My guess is that they actually do have a bar and have it bound to a key press to hide/unhide. That is something I'd like to try.
Comments
I just don't think I have the mental ability to keep track of where I am. I guess if I only ever used one or two workspaces, I'd be okay, but I regularly use all 18 on dwm. On the one monitor it might not be a problem because all the apps there are always the same. But on my main screen, it changes all the time. It also might not be a big deal on qtile since there are only 9 groups, and they are shared between both screens. The way they move around monitors, though, would either make it easier or harder, I'm not sure.
Matthew Weber
2021-03-22 02:58:28 +0000 UTCI've noticed bars aren't for me, they definitely have a purpose, but I've come to be efficient without one. As for workspaces, it's really just a management issue. I think it depends solely on the work you need to do, and how you go about it.
Zach Enseleit
2021-03-21 22:36:03 +0000 UTC
