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  • 404@lemmy.ziptoUnixporn@lemmy.ml•[niri] still scrollingEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve only dipped my toes in so far, but a really great thing is you can have multiple full length-half width windows open if you need multiple references to whatever you’re working on.

    Simple example: you’re designing a middleware app. You can set up the windows

    backend code | your code | frontend code

    or

    documentation | your code | reference code

    In a tiler you’d probably have to make them half-length, switch them out, put them on other workspaces… In a scrolling wm you can just scroll back and forth, with your work still on your screen:

    [ documentation | your code ]

    scroll right

    [ your code | reference code ]

    scroll left

    [ documentation | your code ]

    (of course you can set this up with more than two columns)

    I find it’s a really really nice and smooth workflow