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Still no gaps support on main branch. Devs don't care about what their users want/need.

Happy bspwm user here.

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The tracking issue for that feature is https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/3724

Merging gap support isn’t that easy, and our spare time is not unlimited. Serious offers to help very welcome.

There are some vague efforts to bring gaps into i3. However, while it seems like the maintainers aren't opposed to having the functionality in base i3, they are choosing not to simply merge it in because of quality concerns. At the moment, gaps is a somewhat hacky patch on top of i3 with a few drawbacks. They probably won't add gaps until they find an elegant way of implementing them as a core feature.

https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/3724

I wonder why that is, but I never understood the appeal of gaps. It's wasted space.

I wonder if people who like gaps like bezel on their screen too.

Some gaps users claim that due to visual impairment, it helps them differentiate windows from each other. I guess you could use larger borders instead but gaps certainly look nicer than that.

I have nice peaceful desktop backgrounds (e.g. pictures of mountains) that change every boot and I like looking at them. The gaps allow me to do that a bit and create some kind of persistence between the empty desktop and a desktop with a window on it. I do have two large monitors (one of which has almost no bezel and is lovely). On laptops I don't use gaps.

For me it's a bit like having a picture on a desk. It uses up space I could have used for working but I like it.

I think it's aesthetically more pleasing with gaps.

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