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Closing a window doesn't work with alt F4 kill shortcut

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:26:43 +0000

Hi there I'm new to i3 trying to change my config file to the default shortcuts is used with KDE here is what i doo set $mod Mod4 set $alt Mod1 bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill bindsym $alt+F4 kill And now the interesting part `$mod+Shift+q kill` works but `bindsym $alt+F4 kill` doesn't. Errorlog: ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: 'window', 'client', ERROR: Your command: kill # kill focused window ERROR: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ /run/user/1000/i3/errorlog.10202 (END) no clue what to do note: `bindsym $alt+F2 exec dmenu_run` works perfect note: full config file is here : github.com/wuschLOR/.i3

Answer by cee for

Hi there I'm new to i3 trying to change my config file to the default shortcuts is used with KDE

here is what i doo

set $mod Mod4
set $alt Mod1

bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
bindsym $alt+F4      kill

And now the interesting part $mod+Shift+q kill works but bindsym $alt+F4 kill doesn't.

Errorlog:

ERROR: Expected one of these tokens: 'window', 'client', <end>
ERROR: Your command: kill                      # kill focused window
ERROR:                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/run/user/1000/i3/errorlog.10202 (END)

no clue what to do

note: bindsym $alt+F2 exec dmenu_run works perfect

note: full config file is here : github.com/wuschLOR/.i3

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:48:53 +0000

You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command. Hence The Error: # kill focused window

Comment by moodboom for

You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command.
Hence The Error:

 # kill focused window

Sat, 03 Oct 2015 14:54:28 +0000

Same here, thanks for the fix!! WEIRD bc end-of-line comments are fine on other keybindings.

Comment by wu for

You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command.
Hence The Error:

 # kill focused window

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 23:28:37 +0000

oh i feel stupid right now .... it works without comments ty! Looking at my conifg I did that a lot but didn't got any error messages - strange

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Closing a window doesn't work with alt F4 kill shortcut

Comment by moodboom for
You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command.
Hence The Error:

`# kill focused window`

Comment by wu for
You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command.
Hence The Error:

`# kill focused window`

i3 FAQ - Individual question feed

Closing a window doesn't work with alt F4 kill shortcut

Comment by moodboom for You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command. Hence The Error: # kill focused window

Comment by wu for You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command. Hence The Error: # kill focused window

Comment by moodboom for
You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command.
Hence The Error:

`# kill focused window`

Comment by wu for
You are not allowed to have a comment on the same line as your command.
Hence The Error:

`# kill focused window`