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I3-INPUT(1) | i3 Manual | I3-INPUT(1) |
NAME¶
i3-input - interactively take a command for i3 window managerSYNOPSIS¶
i3-input [-s <socket>] [-F <format>] [-l <limit>] [-P <prompt>] [-f <font>] [-v]DESCRIPTION¶
i3-input is a tool to take commands (or parts of a command) composed by the user, and send it/them to i3. This is useful, for example, for the mark/goto command.OPTIONS¶
-s <socket>Specify the path to the i3 IPC socket (it
should not be necessary to use this option, i3-input will figure out the path
on its own).
-F <format>
Every occurence of "%s" in the
<format> string is replaced by the user input, and the result is sent to
i3 as a command. Default value is "%s".
-l <limit>
Set the maximum allowed length of the user
input to <limit> characters. i3-input will automatically issue the
command when the user input reaches that length.
-P <prompt>
Display the <prompt> string in front of
user input text field. The prompt string is not included in the user
input/command.
-f <font>
Use the specified X11 core font (use xfontsel
to chose a font).
-v
Show version and exit.
EXAMPLES¶
Mark a container with a single character:i3-input -F 'mark %s' -l 1 -P 'Mark: '
i3-input -F '[con_mark="%s"] focus' -l 1 -P 'Go to: '
ENVIRONMENT¶
I3SOCK¶
i3-input handles the different sources of socket paths in the following order:•I3SOCK environment variable
•I3SOCK gets overwritten by the -s
parameter, if specified
•if neither are available, i3-input
reads the socket path from the X11 property, which is the recommended
way
•if everything fails, i3-input tries
/tmp/i3-ipc.sock
SEE ALSO¶
i3(1)AUTHOR¶
Michael Stapelberg and contributors07/31/2014 | i3 4.8 |