https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:45:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1411/how-to-assign-whole-commands-to-variables/ The screenshot part of my config: set $ftsc jpg set $selsc import $SCREENSHOT.$ftsc set $selfsc import -window root $SCREENSHOT.$ftsc set $editsc pinta $SCREENSHOT.$ftsc set $uplsc imup $SCREENSHOT.$ftsc | loliclip -c set $kselfsc Control set $keditsc Shift set $kuplsc Mod1 bindsym Print $selsc bindsym $keditsc+Print $selsc && $editsc bindsym $kselfsc+Print $selfsc bindsym $kselfsc+$keditsc+Print $selfsc && $editsc bindsym $kuplsc+Print $selsc && $uplsc bindsym $kuplsc+$kselfsc+Print $selfsc && $uplsc Only problem: It doesn’t work: ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: <end>, '[', 'move', 'exec', 'exit', 'restart', 'reload', 'border', 'layout', 'append_layout', 'workspace', 'focus', 'kill', 'open', 'fullscreen', 'split', 'floating', 'mark', 'resize', 'rename', 'nop', 'scratchpad', 'mode' ERROR: Your command: import $SCREENSHOT.$ftsc ERROR: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This looks suspiciously like variables can’t take any spaces, which is rather unfortunate. Is there any way to do this? I want to keep this DRY.Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:20:58 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1411/how-to-assign-whole-commands-to-variables/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1411/how-to-assign-whole-commands-to-variables/?answer=1412#post-id-1412You are missing “exec” in your bindsym. You have: bindsym $kselfsc+Print $selfsc You meant: bindsym $kselfsc+Print exec $selfscFri, 15 Mar 2013 14:27:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1411/how-to-assign-whole-commands-to-variables/?answer=1412#post-id-1412https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1411/how-to-assign-whole-commands-to-variables/?comment=1424#comment-1424Indeed. So the variables are assigned correctly?Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:45:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1411/how-to-assign-whole-commands-to-variables/?comment=1424#comment-1424