https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:28:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4272/how-can-i-reload-i3config-after-erasing-that-file-and-reloading-it/I have: * Removed keybindings from `~/.i3/config`. * Reloaded (was `$mod+Shift+c` in my case). * Reverted changes to `~/.i3/config`. Now how can I reload my changes to the config file? Is there no other way to do a reload than the keybinding? I looked at the standard `i3` shell commands but they didn't help.Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:50:36 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4272/how-can-i-reload-i3config-after-erasing-that-file-and-reloading-it/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4272/how-can-i-reload-i3config-after-erasing-that-file-and-reloading-it/?answer=4273#post-id-4273See `man i3-msg` -- It sounds like you're looking for `i3-msg reload` or `i3-msg restart` Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:56:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4272/how-can-i-reload-i3config-after-erasing-that-file-and-reloading-it/?answer=4273#post-id-4273https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4272/how-can-i-reload-i3config-after-erasing-that-file-and-reloading-it/?comment=4305#comment-4305The correct command would be "i3-msg -t command restart" as you have to specify the ipc message type with "-t type" before the command :)Sun, 20 Jul 2014 23:28:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4272/how-can-i-reload-i3config-after-erasing-that-file-and-reloading-it/?comment=4305#comment-4305