i3

[Alad]

My config, stolen from dkeg, wuxmedia and archwiki:

https://github.com/AladW/arch-i3/blob/master/.i3/config

Let's go over a few of the more obscure sections.

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font pango:DejaVu Sans, FontAwesome 10.5

i3(status) supports fancy icons if you use the right icon set (example).

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# focus the child container
bindsym $mod+d focus child

i3 is all about containers, and this keybind makes you cry less while navigating.

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# Workspace variables
set $WS1 1  Web
set $WS2 2  Mail
set $WS3 3  Code
set $WS4 4
set $WS5 5
set $WS6 6
set $WS7 7
set $WS8 8
set $WS9 9  Stuff
set $WS0 0

Workplace names are defined multiple times, variables make you only have to set them once.

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mode "focused" {
    # focus keybindings
    bindsym i [class="^Firefox$"] focus
    bindsym m [class="^Sylpheed$"] focus
    bindsym c [class="^Hexchat$"] focus

    # keybindings for marking and jumping to clients
    bindsym a exec i3-input -F 'mark %s' -P 'Mark name: '
    bindsym g exec i3-input -F '[con_mark=%s] focus' -P 'Go to mark: '

    # Assign marks to keys 1-5
    bindsym Shift+1 mark mark1
    bindsym Shift+2 mark mark2
    bindsym Shift+3 mark mark3
    bindsym Shift+4 mark mark4
    bindsym Shift+5 mark mark5

    # Jump to clients marked 1-5
    bindsym 1 [con_mark="mark1"] focus
    bindsym 2 [con_mark="mark2"] focus
    bindsym 3 [con_mark="mark3"] focus
    bindsym 4 [con_mark="mark4"] focus
    bindsym 5 [con_mark="mark5"] focus

    # Exit to the default mode
    bindsym Return mode "default"
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
}

bindsym $mod+g mode "focused"

vim-like marks for windows, and "contained" shortcuts.

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for_window [window_role="pop-up"] floating enable, move absolute center
for_window [title="Preferences$"] floating enable

i3 doesn't like floating windows, and this setting makes you cry less while handling them.

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bindsym --release Print exec --no-startup-id scrot '%Y-%m-%d--%wx$h_scrot.png' -e 'mv $f ~/shots/'
bindsym --release Shift+Print exec --no-startup-id scrot '%Y-%m-%d--%wx$h_scrot.png' -s -e 'mv $f ~/shots/'

Scrots don't work properly without --release!

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# Return to previous workspace
workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes
bindsym $mod+z workspace back_and_forth
bindsym $mod+Shift+z move container to workspace back_and_forth; workspace back_and_forth

For lazy workspace switching.

[elixir]

The workspace_auto_back_and_forth yes feature seems pretty nice. Although, I have

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bindsym $mod+1 workspace prev
bindsym $mod+2 workspace next

To switch between workspaces like they are windows. It works nicely for me :)

[dkeg]

the back and forth is more for say if on WS4, then WS1, right back to WS4, instead of next which is WS2

[elixir]

Yeah I saw that. I was just sharing how I do it other than using that. :)

[dkeg]

gotcha. hey, its all about what works for you. the back and forth feature can be quite useful though.

[elixir]

Yeah it is, I actually just implented it into my config just in case and testing it out. I normally only have about 3 or 4 workspaces open though so I do not mind hitting alt+1 twice to go from WS4 to WS2

[rhowaldt]

just referencing the thread about using Lemonbar with i3 here for posterity: http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f ... 4&start=20

in short, if you can't get it to be an overlay in any non-floating mode, and it will instead move your windows up/down, use the -d option because it seems i3 is not "EWMH compliant", whatever that means :)

[pidsley]

^ Extended Window Manager Hints.

This spec defines interactions between window managers, compositing managers, applications, and the utilities that form part of a desktop environment. It builds on the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual [ICCCM], which defines window manager interactions at a lower level. The ICCCM does not provide ways to implement many features that modern desktop users expect. The GNOME and KDE desktop projects originally developed their own extensions to the ICCCM to support these features; this spec replaces those custom extensions with a standardized set of ICCCM additions that any desktop environment can adopt.

Apparently i3 supports some of ewmh but not all. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3430/how- ... 3-support/

[rhowaldt]

^ thanks for that pidsley. and it's nice of you not to tell me "you could have looked that up yourself you lazy bastard", which would've been very much warranted :)

[machinebacon]

^ you could have looked that up yourself you lazy bastard

[rhowaldt]

^ it's damned true!

[wuxmedia]

^ and where's the scrot eh?, while we're at it? eh?

[machinebacon]

scrots are bloat. that's what he said.

[rhowaldt]

work in progress.

[dkeg]

nice job rho. Glad to have you as an offiicial ricer now. My one suggestion would be to be more consistent font wise. That's just me though.

[rhowaldt]

thanks drew :)
well, thank the damn fonts in linux for that inconsistency. currently happily using Jura Light in one thing while dzen only accepts fonts that are in xlsfonts or xfontsel, not fc-list. haven't had much luck with that in lemonbar either - but still have to look at all the suggestions you guys made, so who knows, i might get it to all work.

[machinebacon]

^ you can be lucky you don't need to use Chinese fonts - they are a real dildo in the sigma. I have been fucking around for 2 hours with different Chinese fonts, infinality, dpi shit, it all just looks like a typewriter written letter on a foggy day. /rantoff

[stark]

^ The description is better than the experience :D

[rhowaldt]

^^ i can imagine that!