i3wm-config

My i3, i3blocks, and accompanying config files. The work of one year of constant tweaking, two years of occasional tweaking, one month of merging stuff from Manjaro-i3-CE, and one more year of occasional tweaking. Run sh init.sh to add symlinks in ~/.config/ and ~/.local/bin/.

Default bindings which have been changed:

i3 Action	Default Binding	My Binding
Move between windows	$mod+[jkl;]	$mod+[hjkl] (as in Vi)
Resize windows	jkl;	hjkl (as in Vi)
Reload i3 configuration	$mod+Shift+c	$mod+F2
Restart i3 in-place	$mod+Shift+r	$mod+Shift+F2
Focus Child container	$mod+d (commented out because of dmenu)	$mod+z (to complement $mod+a)
Focus/move window to Scratchpad	$mod+minus $mod+Shift+minus	$mod+c $mod+Shift+c
Launch dmenu	$mod+d	$mod+x,d ($mod+x changes modes)
Launch terminal	$mod+Return	$mod+Shift+t OR $mod+Return* (see below for more information)
Split horizontal/vertical	$mod+h $mod+v	unset
Split toggle	unset	$mod+n
Exit i3 with i3-nagbar	$mod+Shift+e	$mod+Shift+F3

i3wm features:

• No titlebars
• $mod+x for a focus/launch mode. (Press <key> to attempt to focus the associated program. It will launch if it fails. Press Shift+<key> to launch a new instance, without regard to running instances.)
• Locking script which pixelizes and 50% desaturates
• $mod+Return focuses the terminal workspace and launches one if not already launched; if workspace was already focused, launches new terminal. $mod+Shift+t for new terminal anywhere
• $mod+Tab backandforth, let go of $mod to stay on the other workspace, or let go of Tab to return
• Certain programs will launch on certain workspaces
• Volume displayed in hexadecimal because why not
• Special bindings that I use with my Steam Controller
• Click events for most blocks
• Keyboard shortcuts to get notifications with system information
• Uses dunstify for --replaceing notifications
• Layout notification on layout change
• Uses Xresources to set gaps, colors, and (coming) more!

i3blocks scripts:

• CPU: right click to get mpstat notification
• Playerctl: click to playpause, right click for notification with album art and info
• Disks: click to open mount location, right click for df notification
• Temperature: right click for detailed temperature information
• Volume: scroll to change volume, right click to toggle mute

Associated scripts: (See ./BIN/README.md)

i3tool library function

This function is the work of many hours over many years scripting and merging functionality. The intension is to create a single function which could be sourced into a sh/bash/zsh [non]interactive shell which could be used to wrap nicely some commonly used tasks when controlling i3 or sway.

• It can automatically detect which session is being used by looking at running processes (or you can provide it with --session|-s i3).
• It encapsulates jq filters to get the current workspace, layout, or i3 version.
• It provides functions to easily focus-or-launch programs (choose class to focus through --class).
• It allows multiple operations to be done at once, seperated by a lone comma (,).
• It can choose screenshotting, selection, and locking utilities that can be used with the given session (hard-coded fallback lists, tested with command -v)
• It provides a simple pixelating lock function
• It will find and use the correct login daemon's commands to suspend/hibernate/power off/reboot (systemctl vs zzz/runit scripts). TODO: (I don't have a runit system.)

TODO:

• Set S_COLORS for mpstat colou?ri[zs]ation
• Branch with Barless config: workspace notification on workspace change, workspace Rofi
• Give up.

Programs I have bindsym execs for:

• Arandr
• Blueman
• catfish (an mlocate wrapper)
• Clementine
• Compton
• dmenu
• $FILEMAN via xdg-open
• File-roller
• Firefox
• GIMP
• Libreoffice
• light
• maim
• Neovim-GTK
• pactl/pacmd
• Pass (password-store), via passmenu (either the dmenu-based one or my rofi-based one)
• Pavucontrol
• playerctl
• Rofi
• Steam
• Thunderbird
• Torbrowser
• xfce4-launcher
• (possibly others)