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notes regarding my workflow and system use

workspaces layout

idea from the ThePrimeagen: designated workspace/tags/desktop per app/purpose

current layout

key app/focus
1. ideas/drawing (gimp)
2. music makeing - misc
3. music making - daw
4. listening/wathcing (any music, audio, or video)
5. games
6. comms (emails, chats, av/calls)
7. web browser
8. primary terminal (with tmux)
9. general - misc (catch-all)
0. system monitor (htop)
  • note: programs which i'm likely to use with peripherals (i.e. trackpad, mouse, stylus, etc) should be where i can navigate those screens with one hand
    • for me, my left hand would still be on the keyboard, so: workspaces 1 through 5

usage notes

  • mental model for navigating windows:
    • each window is in a stack
      • keybinds: mod + j/k, to move down/up the stack
    • each tab is in a circular list (imagine it is horizontal)
      • keybinds: mod + h/l, to move left/right in this list
    • note: in primary terminal, i'm running tmux, which has its own navigation approach, refer to the tmux.conf and tmux-session-init scripts
  • my default approach is to run windows in fullscreen
    • note: on macOS, this is not mac's notion of fullscreen with windows essentially moved to a new desktop; instead, i just want the windows taking up all of the normal screen space (excluding any menu bar at the top of the screen)
  • for the workspaces where i keep multiple apps, i try to maintain consistent order of those apps within the stack of each respective workspace

theme usage

theme name focus / use context
gruvbox admin/productivity work (default theme)
tokyodark music
pina programming/coding
mars night (within 2+ hours of sleep)
lanterns (tbd?)
lighthouse (tbd?)
jade (tbd?)