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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:05:52 +0000How do I use an exclude regex in i3 confighttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/By being a Perl based regular expression, I was wondering if there is any extra command to do the opposite of a matching criteria (as PCRE actually do not provide an easy solution for that - thus applications such as grep offer -v option for example). I basically want to force floating mode for all Pidgin chat windows, besides the main window. The reason for it is simple: I never leave finished chat windows opened, and I want them to call more attention. # the main window has the title: "Buddy List", and any other chat # windows has the contact nickname/name on it for_window [class="^Pidgin$" title="^XXXXXXX$"] floating enable By forcing an exclude match criteria on "Buddy List", I reckon a contact with this name would fall in the same rule, then being left as tiled window, but this is unlikely, and IMO, acceptable. If such setting is not possible, would it be worth it to implement it? Something like having the same options implemented with a preceding "v" for invert-match: for_window [class="^Pidgin$" vtitle="^Buddy List$"] floating enable Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:37:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/Answer by bruno.braga for By being a Perl based regular expression, I was wondering if there is any extra command to do the opposite of a matching criteria (as PCRE actually do not provide an easy solution for that - thus applications such as grep offer -v option for example). I basically want to force floating mode for all Pidgin chat windows, besides the main window. The reason for it is simple: I never leave finished chat windows opened, and I want them to call more attention. <pre><code># the main window has the title: "Buddy List", and any other chat # windows has the contact nickname/name on it for_window [class="^Pidgin$" title="^XXXXXXX$"] floating enable </code></pre> By forcing an exclude match criteria on "Buddy List", I reckon a contact with this name would fall in the same rule, then being left as tiled window, but this is unlikely, and IMO, acceptable. If such setting is not possible, would it be worth it to implement it? Something like having the same options implemented with a preceding "v" for invert-match: <pre><code>for_window [class="^Pidgin$" vtitle="^Buddy List$"] floating enable </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?answer=244#post-id-244Looks like I could answer my own question (still, the exclude regex would be a nice one though)... It looks like the decision to place the window is executed in sequence as defined in the config file, so by placing something like: for_window [class="^Pidgin$"] floating enable for_window [class="^Pidgin$" title="^Buddy List$"] floating disable I was able to achieve what I was looking for.Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:58:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?answer=244#post-id-244Answer by Philippe for By being a Perl based regular expression, I was wondering if there is any extra command to do the opposite of a matching criteria (as PCRE actually do not provide an easy solution for that - thus applications such as grep offer -v option for example). I basically want to force floating mode for all Pidgin chat windows, besides the main window. The reason for it is simple: I never leave finished chat windows opened, and I want them to call more attention. <pre><code># the main window has the title: "Buddy List", and any other chat # windows has the contact nickname/name on it for_window [class="^Pidgin$" title="^XXXXXXX$"] floating enable </code></pre> By forcing an exclude match criteria on "Buddy List", I reckon a contact with this name would fall in the same rule, then being left as tiled window, but this is unlikely, and IMO, acceptable. If such setting is not possible, would it be worth it to implement it? Something like having the same options implemented with a preceding "v" for invert-match: <pre><code>for_window [class="^Pidgin$" vtitle="^Buddy List$"] floating enable </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?answer=685#post-id-685Here is another solution to your problem: for_window [class="(?i)firefox" instance="^(?!Navigator$)"] floating enable But it seems that you have to put those ^ and $ to have it working, so there is no way to express "instance does not contain 'Navigator'".Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:49:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?answer=685#post-id-685Comment by bruno.braga for Here is another solution to your problem: <pre><code>for_window [class="(?i)firefox" instance="^(?!Navigator$)"] floating enable </code></pre> But it seems that you have to put those ^ and $ to have it working, so there is no way to express "instance does not contain 'Navigator'". https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?comment=709#comment-709Yes, not-match is unnatural for regular expressions :-(Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:35:09 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?comment=709#comment-709Comment by virtualeyes for Here is another solution to your problem: <pre><code>for_window [class="(?i)firefox" instance="^(?!Navigator$)"] floating enable </code></pre> But it seems that you have to put those ^ and $ to have it working, so there is no way to express "instance does not contain 'Navigator'". https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?comment=1344#comment-1344actually works, I have Gnote search window on scratchpad, but individual note windows set to float with for_window [.... title="^(?!Search All Notes$))"] floating enableFri, 08 Mar 2013 00:05:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?comment=1344#comment-1344Answer by Philippe for By being a Perl based regular expression, I was wondering if there is any extra command to do the opposite of a matching criteria (as PCRE actually do not provide an easy solution for that - thus applications such as grep offer -v option for example). I basically want to force floating mode for all Pidgin chat windows, besides the main window. The reason for it is simple: I never leave finished chat windows opened, and I want them to call more attention. <pre><code># the main window has the title: "Buddy List", and any other chat # windows has the contact nickname/name on it for_window [class="^Pidgin$" title="^XXXXXXX$"] floating enable </code></pre> By forcing an exclude match criteria on "Buddy List", I reckon a contact with this name would fall in the same rule, then being left as tiled window, but this is unlikely, and IMO, acceptable. If such setting is not possible, would it be worth it to implement it? Something like having the same options implemented with a preceding "v" for invert-match: <pre><code>for_window [class="^Pidgin$" vtitle="^Buddy List$"] floating enable </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?answer=686#post-id-686Here is another solution to your problem: for_window [class="^Pidgin$" title="^(?!Buddy List$)"] floating enableTue, 23 Oct 2012 15:52:09 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/243/how-do-i-use-an-exclude-regex-in-i3-config/?answer=686#post-id-686