https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:13:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/How could I view system settings in i3 ？ My current system is Fedora 17. Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:12:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?comment=2240#comment-2240shall i run the desktop application through Ctrl+D in i3?Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:41:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?comment=2240#comment-2240https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?comment=2237#comment-2237define “system settings”. desktop environments such as GNOME may offer a settings application, which you could start. i3 does not offer such a thing.Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:14:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?comment=2237#comment-2237https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?answer=2238#post-id-2238`cat $(find /etc -type f)`Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:27:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?answer=2238#post-id-2238https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?comment=2255#comment-2255Also, cat prints binary files in /etc, does not tell you the file name and the command line length is limited, so this is not actually a good solution. I prefer grep -r '^' /etc, but that is also not perfect because control sequences are interpreted.Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:13:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?comment=2255#comment-2255https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?comment=2245#comment-2245Without any further explanation, that might be considered a bit rude :).Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:05:17 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2236/view-system-settings/?comment=2245#comment-2245