--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import os
+from i3ipc import Connection, Event
+from pprint import pprint
+
+
+def find_parent(i3, window_id):
+ """
+ Find the parent of a given window id
+ """
+
+ def finder(con, parent, gp):
+ if con.id == window_id:
+ return (parent, gp)
+ for node in con.nodes:
+ res = finder(node, con, parent)
+ if res:
+ return res
+ return None
+
+ return finder(i3.get_tree(), None, None)
+
+
+def focus_hook(i3, e):
+ """
+ Set the layout/split for the currently
+ focused window to either vertical or
+ horizontal, depending on its width/height
+ """
+
+ if os.path.isfile("/tmp/iank-i3-no-auto"):
+ return
+
+ # debugging
+ #pprint(vars(e))
+
+ parent, gp = find_parent(i3, e.container.id)
+
+ # This gets rid of tabbed container with single windows.
+ #if (parent and gp and parent.layout == 'tabbed' and len(parent.nodes) == 1):
+ # This gets rid of all single window containers.
+ if (parent and gp and len(parent.nodes) == 1):
+ i3.command('mark i3ha')
+ i3.command('focus parent')
+ i3.command('focus parent')
+ i3.command('mark i3hb')
+ i3.command('[con_mark="i3ha"] focus')
+ i3.command('move window to mark i3hb')
+ i3.command('unmark i3ha')
+ i3.command('unmark i3hb')
+
+def main():
+ i3 = Connection()
+ i3.on(Event.WINDOW_FOCUS, focus_hook)
+ i3.main()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
+++ /dev/null
-#!/bin/bash
-# I, Ian Kelling, follow the GNU license recommendations at
-# https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html. They
-# recommend that small programs, < 300 lines, be licensed under the
-# Apache License 2.0. This file contains or is part of one or more small
-# programs. If a small program grows beyond 300 lines, I plan to switch
-# its license to GPL.
-
-# Copyright 2024 Ian Kelling
-
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-set -e; . /usr/local/lib/bash-bear; set +e
-
-direction="$1"
-
-# for testing, always do normal move
-i3-msg "move $direction"
-exit 0
-
-if i3-msg -t get_tree | jq -e -C '.nodes[].nodes[].nodes[].nodes[] | select((.nodes| length == 1) and (.nodes[0].focused == true))' &>/dev/null; then
- i3-msg "move $direction; move $direction"
-else
- i3-msg "move $direction"
-fi
Find the parent of a given window id
"""
- def finder(con, parent):
+ def finder(con, parent, gp):
if con.id == window_id:
- return parent
+ return (parent, gp)
for node in con.nodes:
- res = finder(node, con)
+ res = finder(node, con, parent)
if res:
return res
return None
- return finder(i3.get_tree(), None)
+ return finder(i3.get_tree(), None, None)
def set_layout(i3):
horizontal, depending on its width/height
"""
-
-
win = i3.get_tree().find_focused()
- parent = find_parent(i3, win.id)
+ parent, gp = find_parent(i3, win.id)
# We never want to set the layout of a single window container,
# this, it is stupid. So, eliminate single window container if we
# are focused on one.
#
- # Alternatively, it could first focus the parent, but I think when
+ # Alternatively, we could first focus the parent, but I think when
# layout changes, we expect new windows to be created within that
# layout.
- if (parent and len(parent.nodes) == 1):
- gp = find_parent(i3, parent.id)
- if (gp.nodes[0].id == parent.id):
- if (gp.layout == 'splitv'):
- i3.command('move down')
- else: # splith or tabbed
- i3.command('move right')
- else:
- if (gp.layout == 'splitv'):
- i3.command('move up')
- else:
- i3.command('move left')
+ #
+ # Todo: if the direction we are moving has a split/tabbed container
+ # as a peer to parent, this will move our window into that container
+ # instead of what we want. And in fact, the whole logic below is
+ # incorrect and based on testing which did not realize that fact.
+ #
+ if (parent and gp and len(parent.nodes) == 1):
+ # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/173754/how-to-move-a-window-up-to-the-level-of-its-parent-window-in-i3wm
+ i3.command('mark i3ha')
+ i3.command('focus parent')
+ i3.command('focus parent')
+ i3.command('mark i3hb')
+ i3.command('[con_mark="i3ha"] focus')
+ i3.command('move window to mark i3hb')
+ i3.command('unmark i3ha')
+ i3.command('unmark i3hb')
i3.command('layout ' + sys.argv[1])
def main():
-#!/bin/bash
-# I, Ian Kelling, follow the GNU license recommendations at
-# https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html. They
-# recommend that small programs, < 300 lines, be licensed under the
-# Apache License 2.0. This file contains or is part of one or more small
-# programs. If a small program grows beyond 300 lines, I plan to switch
-# its license to GPL.
+#!/usr/bin/python3
-# Copyright 2024 Ian Kelling
-
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-
-set -e; . /usr/local/lib/bash-bear; set +e
-
-# We use this along with
-# /a/opt/i3-alternating-layout/alternating_layouts.py to anticipate when
-# we want to split/tab windows. There are 2 options of when to do it:
-# just after a window is created, or just before a window is
-# created.
+# This anticipates when we want to tab windows. There are 2 options of
+# when to do it: just after a window is created, or just before a window
+# is created.
#
# * Doing it after a window is created allows you to move a window into
# the split that only has 1 window, whereas the other way doesn't. For
# to do for all cases, I just do it for the common programs I have bound
# to keys in i3.
#
-# * Doing it after a window is created also leaves that split behind if
-# the window is closed. I partially deal with that below.
+# * Note: doing it just before a window is created also leaves that split behind if
+# the window is closed, and I don't want single window splits hanging around,
+# so I close them out in
#
# I have a keybind which disables both, it runs /b/ds/i3-auto-layout-toggle
-dry_run=false
-m() { "$@"; }
-d() {
- if $dry_run; then
- printf "%s\n" "$*"
- fi
-}
-case $1 in
- -n)
- dry_run=true
- m() { printf "%s\n" "$*"; }
- ;;
-esac
+import sys
+import os
+from i3ipc import Connection, Event
+# for debugging
+#from pprint import pprint
+
+
+def find_parent(i3, window_id):
+ """
+ Find the parent of a given window id
+ """
+
+ def finder(con, parent, gp):
+ if con.id == window_id:
+ return (parent, gp)
+ for node in con.nodes:
+ res = finder(node, con, parent)
+ if res:
+ return res
+ return None
+
+ return finder(i3.get_tree(), None, None)
+
+
+def set_layout(i3):
+ """
+ Set the layout/split for the currently
+ focused window to either vertical or
+ horizontal, depending on its width/height
+ """
+
+ if os.path.isfile("/tmp/iank-i3-no-auto"):
+ return
+
+ win = i3.get_tree().find_focused()
+ parent, gp = find_parent(i3, win.id)
+
-if [[ -e /tmp/iank-i3-no-auto ]]; then
- exit 0
-fi
+ workspace = win.workspace()
+ #pprint(vars(workspace.rect))
+ screen_width = workspace.rect.width
+ screen_height = workspace.rect.height
+ half_w = screen_width / 2 + 1
+ half_h = screen_height / 2 + 1
-tmp=$(mktemp)
+ w = win.rect.width
+ h = win.rect.height
+ ph = parent.rect.height
+ pw = parent.rect.width
-i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq ".[]| select(.focused==true) | .rect | .width, .height" >$tmp
+ # There is potential for future use with < 1920, but I'm
+ # not thinking about it yet.
+ if ( screen_width < 1920 or parent.layout == 'tabbed' or gp.layout == 'tabbed'):
+ return
-{ read -r screen_width; read -r screen_height; } <$tmp
+ # print('d2: len(parent.nodes)', len(parent.nodes),' > 1',
+ # 'and ( ph ',ph,' > h + 10',h + 10,' or pw',pw,' > w',w,' )',
+ # 'and w <= half_w',half_w,'+ and h <= half_h',half_h)
-i3-msg -t get_tree | jq -r ".. | select(.focused? == true).rect | .width, .height" >$tmp
+ # h + 10 because a tabbed window loses high compared to its parent.
+ # Note, it is redundant since we check above if the parent is tabbed,
+ # but just being cautious.
+ if (len(parent.nodes) > 1
+ and ( ph > h + 10 or pw > w )
+ and w <= half_w and h <= half_h ):
+ i3.command('split vertical, layout tabbed')
+# print('d1: tabbed')
-half_w=$(( screen_width / 2 ))
-half_h=$(( screen_height / 2 ))
+### further potential use cases:
-{ read -r w; read -r h; } <$tmp
+# We could automatically do a vertical split when there are 2 or 3
+# horizontal windows.
-d w=$w , h=$h , half_w=$half_w , half_h=$half_h
+# We could undo a vertical split when we close out windows.
+# elif (( w == screen_width )); then
+# # if we had 2 windows on screen, made them vertical splits, then
+# # closed one, it stays vertical split, but we want it horizontal at
+# # that point. So, make it horizontal here.
+# m i3-msg "split horizontal"
-if (( screen_width < 1920 )); then
- # haven't considered this case yet
- exit 0
-fi
+def main():
+ i3 = Connection()
+ set_layout(i3)
-if (( w <= half_w && h <= half_h )); then
- m i3-msg "split vertical, layout tabbed"
-elif (( w == screen_width )); then
- # if we had 2 windows on screen, made them vertical splits, then
- # closed one, it stays vertical split, but we want it horizontal at
- # that point. So, make it horizontal here.
- m i3-msg "split horizontal"
-fi
-rm -f $tmp
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# There are only 2 cases where I want single window split containers.
+#
+# * just before creating a new window in it.
+#
+# * When I want to make 1 window a split container and bring an existing
+# window into it. In vanilla i3, this is super awkward. Usually, you are
+# starting out focused on the window you want to move into the
+# container. So, you focus the window which is to become a container,
+# split it, focus the window you want to join the container, move it
+# into that container. 4 actions, totally annoying. Lets simplify this
+# to 2 actions, a key to say what split we want, then a key to say which
+# direction to move the current window. Since we have a hook that erases
+# all single window split containers on focus change, we can consider a
+# single window split container to indicate the split we want.
+
+import sys
+from i3ipc import Connection, Event
+# for debugging
+from pprint import pprint
+import os
+
+
+def find_parent(i3, window_id):
+ """
+ Find the parent of a given window id
+ """
+
+ def finder(con, parent, gp):
+ if con.id == window_id:
+ return (parent, gp)
+ for node in con.nodes:
+ res = finder(node, con, parent)
+ if res:
+ return res
+ return None
+
+ return finder(i3.get_tree(), None, None)
+
+
+def set_layout(i3):
+ """
+ Set the layout/split for the currently
+ focused window to either vertical or
+ horizontal, depending on its width/height
+ """
+
+ direction = sys.argv[1]
+
+ win = i3.get_tree().find_focused()
+ parent, gp = find_parent(i3, win.id)
+ layout = parent.layout
+
+ if (parent and gp and len(parent.nodes) == 1):
+ i3.command('focus ' + direction)
+
+ exists = False
+ if os.path.exists('/tmp/iank-i3-no-auto'):
+ exists = True
+ else:
+ open('/tmp/iank-i3-no-auto', 'a')
+
+ if (layout == 'splith'):
+ i3.command('split horizontal')
+ elif (layout == 'splitv'):
+ i3.command('split vertical')
+ elif (layout == 'tabbed'):
+ i3.command('split vertical')
+ i3.command('layout tabbed')
+
+ i3.command('[con_id=%s] focus' % win.id)
+ i3.command('move ' + direction)
+ if (not exists):
+ os.remove('/tmp/iank-i3-no-auto')
+ else:
+ i3.command('move ' + direction)
+
+
+
+def main():
+ i3 = Connection()
+ set_layout(i3)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
# for non-gui apps, use this.
set $ex exec --no-startup-id
-bindsym $mod+2 $ex "/b/ds/i3-split-maybe"; exec "pavucontrol"
+bindsym $mod+2 $ex "i3-split-maybe"; exec "pavucontrol"
# calling without -no-remote makes this to be the instance that links
# will open in from other applications.
-bindsym $mod+3 $ex "/b/ds/i3-split-maybe"; exec "abrowser"
+bindsym $mod+3 $ex "i3-split-maybe"; exec "abrowser"
# calling just abrowser mysteriously stopped working,
# so I figured out this is how to get output, but then
# it suddenly started working again.
#bindsym $mod+3 exec "abrowser 2>&1 >/tmp/l"
#bindsym $mod+3 exec "abrowser -no-remote -P sfw"
-bindsym $mod+4 $ex "/b/ds/i3-split-maybe"; exec "abrowser -no-remote -P firefox-main-profile"
+bindsym $mod+4 $ex "i3-split-maybe"; exec "abrowser -no-remote -P firefox-main-profile"
# todo: figure out a stream delay & way to cut the stream.
# settings, advanced, stream delay
bindsym $mod+5 $ex "/a/bin/ds/stream-interlude"
-bindsym $mod+6 $ex "/b/ds/i3-split-maybe"; exec "/usr/local/bin/start-tor-browser"
+bindsym $mod+6 $ex "i3-split-maybe"; exec "/usr/local/bin/start-tor-browser"
bindsym $mod+7 $ex "/a/bin/ds/laptop-xrandr"
#bindsym $mod+6 $ex "/a/bin/redshift.sh"
# bindsym $mod+equal $ex "t s w; t in"
bindsym $mod+shift+1 focus child
# undo split: https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/3808
bindsym $mod+grave floating toggle; floating toggle
-bindsym $mod+equal $ex "/a/exe/i3-set-layout splith"
+bindsym $mod+equal $ex "i3-set-layout splith"
# move firefox to current workspace.
# https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#keybindings
# get class with xprop, example output
bindsym $mod+shift+e unmark emacs; mark emacs
bindsym $mod+r $ex "/a/bin/ds/xl"
-# todo, in newer i3, make this toggle split tabbed.
-bindsym $mod+t $ex "/a/exe/i3-set-layout splitv"
+bindsym $mod+t $ex "i3-set-layout splitv"
#bindsym $mod+Shift+t move workspace to output up
bindsym $mod+Shift+t move workspace to output right
# todo: consider a command that moves a window, and erases any single
# container window left behind.
-# todo: port /b/ds/i3-maybe-double-move into python.
-
# todo: consider a command which alters things as if the current window
# had been created into a single window split. For horizontal split,
# this would be like: focus left, split vertical, focus right, move
# left. With that, we could totally eliminate single window containers.
-bindsym $mod+g $ex "/a/exe/i3-set-layout tabbed"
+bindsym $mod+g $ex "i3-set-layout tabbed"
-bindsym $mod+shift+g $ex "/b/ds/i3-auto-layout-toggle"
# Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier $mod
bindsym $mod+u focus left; $ex "i3-mouse-warp"
+# i dont expect to use this much
+bindsym $mod+shift+u $ex "i3-auto-layout-toggle"
bindsym $mod+i focus right; $ex "i3-mouse-warp"
bindsym $mod+o focus up; $ex "i3-mouse-warp"
bindsym $mod+p focus down; $ex "i3-mouse-warp"
-bindsym $mod+Left $ex "/a/exe/i3-maybe-double-move left"
-bindsym $mod+Right $ex "i3-maybe-double-move right"
-bindsym $mod+Up $ex "i3-maybe-double-move up"
-bindsym $mod+Down $ex "i3-maybe-double-move down"
+bindsym $mod+Left $ex "i3-split-push left"
+bindsym $mod+Right $ex "i3-split-push right"
+bindsym $mod+Up $ex "i3-split-push up"
+bindsym $mod+Down $ex "i3-split-push down"
+
+# for testing in case there is a problem with above.
+# these could be rebound to other things.
+bindsym $mod+shift+Left move left
+bindsym $mod+shift+Right move right
+bindsym $mod+shift+Up move up
+bindsym $mod+shift+Down move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+a move container to workspace 4
bindsym $mod+a workspace 4
bindsym $mod+Shift+v split horizontal
#
## temp for testing, add antying here
-##bindsym $mod+shift+g
+#bindsym $mod+shift+5
+
+
+
+
bindsym $mod+b $ex i3-pull term
bindsym $mod+shift+b unmark term; mark term
# for use to cleanup extra emacs windows
floating_modifier $mod
bindsym $mod+shift+h $ex /b/ds/stream-clip hc
-bindsym $mod+j $ex "/b/ds/i3-split-maybe"; exec emacsclient -c
+bindsym $mod+j $ex "i3-split-maybe"; exec emacsclient -c
bindsym $mod+shift+j $ex /b/ds/stream-clip up
-bindsym $mod+k $ex "/b/ds/i3-split-maybe"; exec konsole
+bindsym $mod+k $ex "i3-split-maybe"; exec konsole
bindsym $mod+shift+k $ex /b/ds/stream-clip intro
bindsym $mod+l $ex dmenu_run
bindsym $mod+shift+l $ex /b/ds/stream-clip steady
# exit i3 (logs you out of your X session)
bindsym $mod+Shift+o exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -b 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3-msg exit'"
+bindsym $mod+Shift+i reload
bindsym $mod+Shift+p restart
$ex dunst
$ex /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kdeconnectd
# this dies when we restart i3.
-exec_always --no-startup-id alternating_layouts.py
+exec_always --no-startup-id i3-event-hook
prof-notify
/a/bin/newns/newns
/a/bin/fai/fai/config/distro-install-common/ethusb-static
- /a/opt/i3-alternating-layout/alternating_layouts.py
+ i3-auto-layout-toggle
+ i3-event-hook
+ i3-mouse-warp
+ i3-pull
+ i3-set-layout
+ i3-split-maybe
+ i3-split-push
)
for f in /b/log-quiet/*; do
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