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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, 11 Aug 2012 21:12:49 +0000How do you use IPC (and scripting libraries)?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/28/how-do-you-use-ipc-and-scripting-libraries/As a satisfied, year-long, full-time user of i3, I did not get much further than playing with the configuration file, and here and there some i3-msg command. In the documentation much attention is given to the [IPC interface](http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html), and apparently [some scripting libraries](http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_see_also) have been built upon that. Considering the effort that must have gone into this, I am sure I am still missing out on some Real Goodies™. The question: To what end and how are you using the IPC and/or its implementations? Thanks for sharing :) Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:21:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/28/how-do-you-use-ipc-and-scripting-libraries/Comment by mloskot for As a satisfied, year-long, full-time user of i3, I did not get much further than playing with the configuration file, and here and there some i3-msg command. In the documentation much attention is given to the <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html">IPC interface</a>, and apparently <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_see_also">some scripting libraries</a> have been built upon that. Considering the effort that must have gone into this, I am sure I am still missing out on some Real Goodies™. The question: To what end and how are you using the IPC and/or its implementations? Thanks for sharing :) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/28/how-do-you-use-ipc-and-scripting-libraries/?comment=82#comment-82IMHO it would be good if you can provide examples of use cases you are interested in, so the "extent of use" is more concrete.Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:02:57 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/28/how-do-you-use-ipc-and-scripting-libraries/?comment=82#comment-82Answer by ShadowPrince for As a satisfied, year-long, full-time user of i3, I did not get much further than playing with the configuration file, and here and there some i3-msg command. In the documentation much attention is given to the <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html">IPC interface</a>, and apparently <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_see_also">some scripting libraries</a> have been built upon that. Considering the effort that must have gone into this, I am sure I am still missing out on some Real Goodies™. The question: To what end and how are you using the IPC and/or its implementations? Thanks for sharing :) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/28/how-do-you-use-ipc-and-scripting-libraries/?answer=333#post-id-333Currenly I am newbie user, and have only 1 program based on this: #!/usr/bin/python import os import i3 import sys import time def wait_for_new_window(windows): return i3.get_tree() == windows if __name__ == '__main__' or True: os.system(sys.argv[1] + '&') os.system('i3 split h') windows = i3.get_tree() while wait_for_new_window(windows): time.sleep(0.1) time.sleep(0.1) os.system('i3 focus left') os.system('i3 kill') Think there wil be more soon.Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:12:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/28/how-do-you-use-ipc-and-scripting-libraries/?answer=333#post-id-333Answer by Michael for As a satisfied, year-long, full-time user of i3, I did not get much further than playing with the configuration file, and here and there some i3-msg command. In the documentation much attention is given to the <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html">IPC interface</a>, and apparently <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_see_also">some scripting libraries</a> have been built upon that. Considering the effort that must have gone into this, I am sure I am still missing out on some Real Goodies™. The question: To what end and how are you using the IPC and/or its implementations? Thanks for sharing :) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/28/how-do-you-use-ipc-and-scripting-libraries/?answer=328#post-id-328Here’s a script from another answer which restores workspace to output mappings (without having them configured in the i3 config in a static way): https://gist.github.com/3310561Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:28:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/28/how-do-you-use-ipc-and-scripting-libraries/?answer=328#post-id-328