i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:18:49 +0000Error when attempting to rename workspacehttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3396/error-when-attempting-to-rename-workspace/I have tried using the example provided by the user guide which is: bindsym $mod+r exec i3-input -F 'rename workspace to "%s"' -P 'New name: ' but that doesn't seem to work. So I went into the terminal and tried a simple $ i3-msg 'rename workspace to "test"' and that returned the following error {"success":false, "error":"syntax error, unexpected $undefined at position 1"} Anyone have ideas whats going on here?Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:30:09 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3396/error-when-attempting-to-rename-workspace/Answer by Adaephon for <p>I have tried using the example provided by the user guide which is:</p> <pre><code>bindsym $mod+r exec i3-input -F 'rename workspace to "%s"' -P 'New name: ' </code></pre> <p>but that doesn't seem to work. So I went into the terminal and tried a simple</p> <pre><code>$ i3-msg 'rename workspace to "test"' </code></pre> <p>and that returned the following error</p> <pre><code>{"success":false, "error":"syntax error, unexpected $undefined at position 1"} </code></pre> <p>Anyone have ideas whats going on here?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3396/error-when-attempting-to-rename-workspace/?answer=3397#post-id-3397It seems that you are using an older version of i3, where renaming the focused workspace was not yet implemented. This feature was introduced with version 4.4. Before that only explicit renaming was possible: rename workspace "old_name" to "new_name" Fri, 14 Feb 2014 07:12:31 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3396/error-when-attempting-to-rename-workspace/?answer=3397#post-id-3397Comment by Adaephon for <p>It seems that you are using an older version of i3, where renaming the focused workspace was not yet implemented. This feature was introduced with version 4.4.</p> <p>Before that only explicit renaming was possible:</p> <pre><code>rename workspace "old_name" to "new_name" </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3396/error-when-attempting-to-rename-workspace/?comment=3402#comment-3402Yes. Instructions can be found on [the i3 website](http://i3wm.org/docs/repositories.html). At the moment stable packages are available for 12.04 and newer.Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:18:49 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3396/error-when-attempting-to-rename-workspace/?comment=3402#comment-3402Comment by QuinnFTW for <p>It seems that you are using an older version of i3, where renaming the focused workspace was not yet implemented. This feature was introduced with version 4.4.</p> <p>Before that only explicit renaming was possible:</p> <pre><code>rename workspace "old_name" to "new_name" </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3396/error-when-attempting-to-rename-workspace/?comment=3398#comment-3398Thanks for the insight, but I have one more quick question. I got i3 off the software center, is this not the latest version? [EDIT] it seems that I am unable to get the newest version because I am running 12.04, my bad. Is there anyway for me to get the latest version on my current distro? (12.04Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:26:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3396/error-when-attempting-to-rename-workspace/?comment=3398#comment-3398