How I use skippy-xd in 2025

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My skippy-xd setup and how it integrates wiht other tools that are not skippy-xd but kinda do what it does.

Here is how I use skippy-xd now... My setup improved so much.. .( I hate that pannel not refreshing fast enough) but overall I'm 100% complete. It's hard for me or any features that look shiny to out compete what I do for now.

This is 100% personal setup I dedicated a lot of time to make it. And it's a reflection to how I used to use windows 10 with ahk which started all this linux computer automation personal setup optimization hobby thing.

Do you need more than this?

This is what I use skippy-xd for

(sry if there is any lag, recording things isn't my strongest point I don't know how to record using GPU and I don't know what good softwares are for recording 2 monitors at the same time lol)

https://youtu.be/JqDDrQPNBvE

skippy-xd multi-monitoir is alreayd too good. Here is how I use skippy-xd with multi monitor

here is the xdotool config used https://bpa.st/raw/XNRQ

here is skippy-xd.rc --> https://bpa.st/raw/RXWQ
here is skippy-xd2.rc --> https://bpa.st/raw/YDBA
here is skippy-xd3.rc --> https://bpa.st/raw/3WYQ

(my keyd config is ugly you don't want to see that it has dvorak for F** sake hehehee... but the skippy-xd interactions are same thing with xdotool just capslock + alt, capslock+meta caplsokc+enter , capslock +, and cpaslock +. and capslock+/ it's just easier for me to hit capslock and remember things.)

(btw that double alt tap I use it all the time instead of alt+tab I do use alt+Tab by habbit but I love tapping alt 2 times and it returns me to the preview window I was in. It's it's own config because alt+Tab is on current monitor windows... with no animation while double alt+tap is return me to the preview window on all monitor but with no animation... )

(mod4+tab is the basically you guys hold alt and hit tab right but for me I hold meta and hit tab... as you see in the video it shows me all windows on monitor. I also have one for all windows on only current monitor... you saw the vid you see how everythign fits very well. (I've used it for 2 months everything for me fits and I will never change it any time soon.)

that's all I use. Thanks for the work on the cli changes it reduced from 7 or 3.

Here is how I switch to windows with titles or great imprtance:

this is without skippy-xd how I switch windows without skippy-xd with 2 monitors
https://youtu.be/dGmZFoVMx0o

I forgot to mention my ctrl+mod+s and ctrol+mod+d they are bound in keyd to:

# new additoin to test W46 Mon, 10 at 02:05
# I removed the old pageup pagedown it's stupid I already have that with the you know [ and ] it makes sense.
# So for this we have it switch windows right activate windows on like current it's smart
rightshift = M-C-d
leftshift = M-C-s

what they do is basically alt+tab but on like current destkop which means my windows that are on all desktops won't get alt+Tabed this allows me to have like 2 windows side by side open and I can cycle between them. I usually don't like more than 2 windows on the main monitor I don't like putting 3. or like at least sometimes I might be forced to go put windows bellow like zen or some program so this helps me cycle through them and clear them but if they are many I use previewer if they are 2 or 3 I use this. it helps a lot and it's surprising how much I use it.

here is the script (it's not smart but it does the job to an extent this could be improved and it's an failed attempt to mimic what you guys already have in a modern window manager that is tiling with like win+arrows you know but this one is differnet a bit it doens't like care about the order much it's not like navigation but it's for navigation when only 2 windows. why this is because I soemtimes my mouse is like always hidden I don't like use it that much so yeah )

# W-d
"/home/dex/scripts/ddesk/nothing/tiling_window_manager_simulator.sh reverse"
Mod4+control+d

"/home/dex/scripts/ddesk/nothing/tiling_window_manager_simulator.sh"
Mod4+control+s

here is the script used https://bpa.st/raw/6LNQ just some trash idea that i fed to ai idea that worked out for me it was like 7months ago since I first started using linux. got inspiration from the window tiling mangers

there is also a mini thing I made with wmctl that can switch to windows with the same class with alt+grave but I don't use it with terminals (it's messy) I do use it with other applications like browser or you know those that have few about 4 windows.

I do also use dropdown terminal... this helps resolves the issue of terminals having too many. also use a thing on the pannel to run some aliases it's not perfect but it does the job

I have grouping on main pannel monitor

But I don't really care that much... only use it as an indicator that oh yeah for terminal on this destkop I need 100% to use skippy-xd preview here to deal with these 6.

again I usually have 1 program per each destkop only monitors issue you know...

I have the ghossty too many monitor preview issue but on computer lol hhh can't be helped. it is what it is.

And that's it really I showed you rofi... when skippy-xd fails and when I fail to find something... and fail to cycle my destkops really fast with that thing that was in here

that pannel that was in here the xfce4 for desktops preview with me all the time... I gave up and rofi it... and also sometimes when I don't feel like hitting a hotkey I know where I'm going for I'm going to firefox it's on who care where it is.. .boom.. go there.

my pannels are all hideable they are always on the bottom so I can like make window so big (not full window F11 thing)

so yeah I don't think I need multi-monitor features. I can navigate my computer pretty fast and have so many I can never max out on windows I max out on ram before I max out on windows.