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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:39:20 +0000Is it possible to subscribe to 'window' event ?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/I would want to prepend an incremental number (up to 9) in windows title inside a same workspace in order to be able to quickly switch to a them with that number. One possibility to achieve this would be to use a combination of IPC for setting the windows title and i3 configuration for the shortcuts. But I can't find how to subscribe to window events and get something like 'new window' and 'closed window'. As I'm starting to understand Michael philosophy I'm sure it is intended and there must be another 'more standard' way to do it. Anyone could point me in the right direction ? Thank you. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:35:48 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/Answer by syl20bnr for I would want to prepend an incremental number (up to 9) in windows title inside a same workspace in order to be able to quickly switch to a them with that number. One possibility to achieve this would be to use a combination of IPC for setting the windows title and i3 configuration for the shortcuts. But I can't find how to subscribe to window events and get something like 'new window' and 'closed window'. As I'm starting to understand Michael philosophy I'm sure it is intended and there must be another 'more standard' way to do it. Anyone could point me in the right direction ? Thank you. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/?answer=1354#post-id-1354I played a bit with it, the event on window works great for the property change = new. In order to be able to prepend numbers to windows with IPC I need some other properties: - window -> change = title - window -> change = delete I also need a new command for window like the rename workspace command. Is there any thing like this implemented ? If not I will try to hack something. PS: I mark the question as answered since the subject was to subscribe to window event.Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:02:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/?answer=1354#post-id-1354Comment by Michael for I played a bit with it, the event on window works great for the property change = new. In order to be able to prepend numbers to windows with IPC I need some other properties: <ul> <li>window -> change = title</li> <li>window -> change = delete</li> </ul> I also need a new command for window like the rename workspace command. Is there any thing like this implemented ? If not I will try to hack something. PS: I mark the question as answered since the subject was to subscribe to window event. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/?comment=1358#comment-1358Please don’t post things like this as answers. It’s not an answer.Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:23:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/?comment=1358#comment-1358Answer by Michael for I would want to prepend an incremental number (up to 9) in windows title inside a same workspace in order to be able to quickly switch to a them with that number. One possibility to achieve this would be to use a combination of IPC for setting the windows title and i3 configuration for the shortcuts. But I can't find how to subscribe to window events and get something like 'new window' and 'closed window'. As I'm starting to understand Michael philosophy I'm sure it is intended and there must be another 'more standard' way to do it. Anyone could point me in the right direction ? Thank you. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/?answer=1349#post-id-1349There is a window event (in the git version): http://build.i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_window_event You won’t get the window event when closing a window, but patches for that will be accepted. Please keep us updated about your script, I think it’s an interesting one.Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:11:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/?answer=1349#post-id-1349Comment by syl20bnr for There is a window event (in the git version): <a href="http://build.i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html">http://build.i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#</a>windowevent You won’t get the window event when closing a window, but patches for that will be accepted. Please keep us updated about your script, I think it’s an interesting one. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/?comment=1359#comment-1359I played a bit with it, the event on window works great for the property change = new.In order to be able to prepend numbers to windows with IPC I need some other properties: window -> change = title window -> change = delete I also need a new command for window like the rename workspace command.Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:39:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1345/is-it-possible-to-subscribe-to-window-event/?comment=1359#comment-1359