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ckp95
Oct. 21, 2025, evening

Someday I will dig up and finish my modal window manager project.

I want something keyboard-driven, but with existing WMs (i3, bspwm, etc) I've never been able to get a set of shortcuts I'm happy with. They always seem to require too much awkward finger gymnastics, pressing lots of modifier keys at once. It's uncomfortable for my small hands. A modal system seems like it could have better ergonomics.

It's languishing in my todo pile because I just can't get my head around X11 or Wayland's APIs. Maybe I should give it another go with Claude to help me ...

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