i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sat, 03 May 2014 19:36:41 +0000Swapping workspaces script does not workhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/3757/swapping-workspaces-script-does-not-work/Hello, I tried this script "User-contributed article: Swapping workspaces". Sadly I cannot post the link as my karma is insufficient. However it does not work. Instead I get the following error Traceback (most recent call last): File "./swap.py", line 11, in <module> i3.move__workspace__to__output__right() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/i3.py", line 412, in function raise response i3.MessageError: Expected one of these tokens: 'window', 'container', 'to', 'workspace', 'output', 'scratchpad', 'left', 'right', 'up', 'down', 'position', 'absolute' line 11 is: 11 i3.move__workspace__to__output__right( ) in zsh i3-msg works without a problem as in: i3-msg move workspace to output right I'm using 4.7.2 and the latest python bindings (ziberna/i3-py 0.6.4, 2012-04-28) Kind regards Sat, 03 May 2014 18:37:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3757/swapping-workspaces-script-does-not-work/Comment by TonyC for <p>Hello, I tried this script "User-contributed article: Swapping workspaces". Sadly I cannot post the link as my karma is insufficient.</p> <p>However it does not work. Instead I get the following error</p> <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last): File "./swap.py", line 11, in &lt;module&gt; i3.move__workspace__to__output__right() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/i3.py", line 412, in function raise response i3.MessageError: Expected one of these tokens: 'window', 'container', 'to', 'workspace', 'output', 'scratchpad', 'left', 'right', 'up', 'down', 'position', 'absolute' </code></pre> <p>line 11 is:</p> <pre><code>11 i3.move__workspace__to__output__right( ) </code></pre> <p>in zsh i3-msg works without a problem as in:</p> <pre><code>i3-msg move workspace to output right </code></pre> <p>I'm using 4.7.2 and the latest python bindings (ziberna/i3-py 0.6.4, 2012-04-28)</p> <p>Kind regards</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3757/swapping-workspaces-script-does-not-work/?comment=3760#comment-3760i3-py is no longer maintained and has lots of bugs. I recommend using [i3ipc-python](https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-python) instead.Sat, 03 May 2014 19:36:41 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3757/swapping-workspaces-script-does-not-work/?comment=3760#comment-3760Answer by Adaephon for <p>Hello, I tried this script "User-contributed article: Swapping workspaces". Sadly I cannot post the link as my karma is insufficient.</p> <p>However it does not work. Instead I get the following error</p> <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last): File "./swap.py", line 11, in &lt;module&gt; i3.move__workspace__to__output__right() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/i3.py", line 412, in function raise response i3.MessageError: Expected one of these tokens: 'window', 'container', 'to', 'workspace', 'output', 'scratchpad', 'left', 'right', 'up', 'down', 'position', 'absolute' </code></pre> <p>line 11 is:</p> <pre><code>11 i3.move__workspace__to__output__right( ) </code></pre> <p>in zsh i3-msg works without a problem as in:</p> <pre><code>i3-msg move workspace to output right </code></pre> <p>I'm using 4.7.2 and the latest python bindings (ziberna/i3-py 0.6.4, 2012-04-28)</p> <p>Kind regards</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3757/swapping-workspaces-script-does-not-work/?answer=3758#post-id-3758I think that should be i3.move("workspace", "to", "output", "right") instead of i3.move__workspace__to__output__right In ziberna's i3-py the i3 commands are mapped to functions of the same name, any parameters have to be passed as arguments.Sat, 03 May 2014 19:17:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3757/swapping-workspaces-script-does-not-work/?answer=3758#post-id-3758