The i3 thread

ewaller · 2013-11-12 16:24:54

caffeinebasedlifeform wrote:

Mr Green wrote:
Wondering what the preferred method for autostarting applications is in i3? I use config at the moment but thinking about maybe using .xinitrc to set up wallpaper etc..
I use the exec command as explained in the i3 user guide.

+1.

The nice thing about this, is you can place them on the appropriate work space at the start. Like this:

exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 10; exec claws-mail; workspace 1'
exec --no-startup-id exec nitrogen --restore
exec --no-startup-id exec compton
exec --no-startup-id exec conky
exec --no-startup-id exec mpd
exec --no-startup-id  i3-msg 'workspace 9; emacs;workspace 1'

Here I end up on workspace 1, with claws on workspace 10, emacs on 9, conky and nitrogen everywhere, and mpd in the background.

Mr Green · 2013-11-12 16:55:23

It is a very useful command, I use....

$execi i3-msg 'workspace 3:Web; exec /usr/bin/firefox; layout tabbed'

compton in i3 really!

ewaller · 2013-11-12 17:00:29

Mr Green wrote:

compton in i3 really!

Hey, I like transparencies.

Ave6 · 2013-11-19 01:57:55

Question: Is it possible to have a gap between containers currently? If not, is it possible for there to be transparent borders?

joepvd · 2013-11-19 09:10:50

Ave6 wrote:

Question: Is it possible to have a gap between containers currently? If not, is it possible for there to be transparent borders?

No and no.

Mr Green · 2013-11-19 09:19:44

I tend to make borders the same colour as bar, so they blend in (if that helps)...

pezzonovante · 2013-12-03 16:11:13

I have used the script suggested in the i3 Wiki page for shutdown, reboot, lock, logout etc. Everything else works, except shutdown/poweroff. Does it work for anyone else?

qinohe · 2013-12-03 16:41:20

Well, it's not easy to guess when you show nothing, but lets start with the most obvious, did you set the path for i3exit in the 'mode' part in your config?

Edit: I see now, only shutdown/poweroff, so my answer is probably worth nothing.

Last edited by qinohe (2013-12-03 16:43:33)

pezzonovante · 2013-12-03 16:45:53

Yes I just copy pasted the code from the Wiki. It's strange because everything else -- reboot, lock, logout, hibernate, suspend works -- only shutdown doesn't work.

set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (Shift+s) shutdown
mode "$mode_system" {
    bindsym l exec --no-startup-id i3exit lock, mode "default"
    bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3exit logout, mode "default"
    bindsym s exec --no-startup-id i3exit suspend, mode "default"
    bindsym h exec --no-startup-id i3exit hibernate, mode "default"
    bindsym r exec --no-startup-id i3exit reboot, mode "default"
    bindsym Shift+s exec --no-startup-id i3exit shutdown, mode "default"  

    # back to normal: Enter or Escape
    bindsym Return mode "default"
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
}
bindsym $mod+Pause mode "$mode_system"

#!/bin/sh
lock() {
    i3lock
}

case "$1" in
    lock)
        lock
        ;;
    logout)
        i3-msg exit
        ;;
    suspend)
        lock && systemctl suspend
        ;;
    hibernate)
        lock && systemctl hibernate
        ;;
    reboot)
        systemctl reboot
        ;;
    shutdown)
        systemctl poweroff
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {lock|logout|suspend|hibernate|reboot|shutdown}"
        exit 2
esac

exit 0

qinohe · 2013-12-03 16:51:40

Look at this line, and change the rest to your needs.

    bindsym l exec --no-startup-id /home/mark/.i3/scripts/i3exit lock, mode "default"

I don't know if that's it, specially since it only don't find shutdown.

Mr Green · 2013-12-03 17:02:54

poweroff and reboot should be linked

ls -la /usr/bin/reboot
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Oct 21 14:28 /usr/bin/reboot -> systemctl
[~]$ ls -la /usr/bin/poweroff
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Oct 21 14:28 /usr/bin/poweroff -> systemctl

Can you run poweroff in a terminal? does it work as your user?

pezzonovante · 2013-12-03 17:04:08

qinohe: I have tried pretty much everything possible, but with no luck.

Mr Green: Yes I can poweroff from the terminal just fine.

Last edited by pezzonovante (2013-12-03 17:06:37)

qinohe · 2013-12-03 17:09:41

pezzonovante wrote:

qinohe: I have tried pretty much everything possible, but with no luck.

You did make the script executable?

pezzonovante · 2013-12-03 17:13:44

Yep it's executable. Otherwise reboot/hibernate/suspend wouldn't work.

Mr Green · 2013-12-03 19:06:47

Not sure if this will help wrap case statement and push output to a log/error file

#!/bin/sh
lock() {
    i3lock
}

{

case "$1" in
    lock)
        lock
        ;;
    logout)
        i3-msg exit
        ;;
    suspend)
        lock && systemctl suspend
        ;;
    hibernate)
        lock && systemctl hibernate
        ;;
    reboot)
        systemctl reboot
        ;;
    shutdown)
        systemctl poweroff
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {lock|logout|suspend|hibernate|reboot|shutdown}"
        exit 2
esac

} >> log_file

exit 0

qinohe · 2013-12-03 19:49:24

Hey Mr Green, that I couldn't get to work, so I tweaked a little

#!/bin/sh
lock() {
    i3lock
}

{

case "$1" in
    lock)
        lock
        ;;
    logout)
        i3-msg exit
        ;;
    suspend)
        lock && systemctl suspend
        ;;
    hibernate)
        lock && systemctl hibernate
        ;;
    reboot)
        systemctl reboot
        ;;
    shutdown)
        systemctl poweroff
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {lock|logout|suspend|hibernate|reboot|shutdown}"
        exit 2
esac

} >> ~/.i3/log-$(date +'%F-%k-%M-%S') 2>&1
exit0

It tels you the following log-year-month-day-time.

Last edited by qinohe (2013-12-04 15:21:59)

Mr Green · 2013-12-03 20:03:01

Only had a quick look mine was more for bash yours has much more flair

qinohe · 2013-12-04 14:34:17

Mr Green wrote:

Only had a quick look mine was more for bash yours has much more flair

, yeah very, but it didn't work, it only created an empty logfile, now it's actually writing something to it.

And since I still need to learn a lot about scripting, I looked at your script again MrG., It only needed stderr 2 stdout.
Since than yours is cleaner, I changed it again, though both were/are working.

Last edited by qinohe (2013-12-04 15:20:16)

pezzonovante · 2013-12-04 14:49:19

OK, I have probably found the problem (but not the solution). If I directly use this command in the terminal: i3exit shutdown, then I get the error "Invalid number of arguments.". That doesn't make sense, because if I type "systemctl poweroff", shutdown works fine.

qinohe · 2013-12-04 14:53:03

The script just uses

systemctl poweroff

pezzonovante · 2013-12-04 14:56:06

Finally solved it! The problem was some extra whitespace after "systemctl poweroff" in the i3exit script.

qinohe · 2013-12-04 15:03:34

Nice , yeah, bash is picky about whitespace..

memeplex · 2013-12-25 14:27:17

I would like to share some goodies I've been developing for the status bar:

* I've packaged ionicons and added a necessary space glyph (0x0020). It's in package ttf-font-ionicons-space in the AUR.

* I've written some tips on using iconic tt font sets with i3bar which should make your like simpler and your screenshots prettier. Read them here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3 … status_bar.

* I've written h2status, a simple (~ 50 LOC) i3status bash wrapper with json, mouse events and asynchronous update support, which is in the AUR as i3status-git and also documented in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/H2status.

Hope you like this and help me to test and improve it.

znki · 2013-12-27 16:23:52

Does anyone else have problem with the tray bar..?

After I update my i3 to 4.7-1, my tray bar doesn't show up anymore, or there's no tray icon for any app that should have the icon before I update.

memeplex · 2013-12-27 16:36:09

@znki http://bugs.i3wm.org/report/ticket/1138

Arch Linux

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