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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:03:02 +0000How to launch layout with applications?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/As far as I understand it is not possible to open an i3 layout together with the programs that should run in it, is it? What would be a workaround to achieve this? A shell script which first opens the layout which containers reserved for specific application and than the applications that are grapped by the placeholders in the layout? Or is there a better, more straight forward approach? (I know that there is tmux and screen, but I don't see the point using it when having a designable tiling manager, plus it's another layer that sometimes causes problems between terminal and applications like vim for example, so it seems sufficient for me to stick to i3)Thu, 27 Nov 2014 13:02:21 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/Comment by cutuchiqueno for As far as I understand it is not possible to open an i3 layout together with the programs that should run in it, is it? What would be a workaround to achieve this? A shell script which first opens the layout which containers reserved for specific application and than the applications that are grapped by the placeholders in the layout? Or is there a better, more straight forward approach? (I know that there is tmux and screen, but I don't see the point using it when having a designable tiling manager, plus it's another layer that sometimes causes problems between terminal and applications like vim for example, so it seems sufficient for me to stick to i3) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/?comment=5046#comment-5046yes it is, but it does not really feel straight forward, so the question was looking for a more elegant version, maybe one that would have layout and program execution in one file/stepFri, 28 Nov 2014 09:38:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/?comment=5046#comment-5046Comment by airblader for As far as I understand it is not possible to open an i3 layout together with the programs that should run in it, is it? What would be a workaround to achieve this? A shell script which first opens the layout which containers reserved for specific application and than the applications that are grapped by the placeholders in the layout? Or is there a better, more straight forward approach? (I know that there is tmux and screen, but I don't see the point using it when having a designable tiling manager, plus it's another layer that sometimes causes problems between terminal and applications like vim for example, so it seems sufficient for me to stick to i3) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/?comment=5036#comment-5036Isn't what you're describing exactly a combination of i3 4.8's feature of restoring layouts and then auto-starting applications?Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:16:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/?comment=5036#comment-5036Answer by ANOKNUSA for As far as I understand it is not possible to open an i3 layout together with the programs that should run in it, is it? What would be a workaround to achieve this? A shell script which first opens the layout which containers reserved for specific application and than the applications that are grapped by the placeholders in the layout? Or is there a better, more straight forward approach? (I know that there is tmux and screen, but I don't see the point using it when having a designable tiling manager, plus it's another layer that sometimes causes problems between terminal and applications like vim for example, so it seems sufficient for me to stick to i3) https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/?answer=5084#post-id-5084> As far as I understand it is not possible to open an i3 layout together with the programs that should run in it, is it? It *is* possible. The [documentation](http://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html) contains a short example. You need to write a script that opens a layout and launches your applications simultaneously. That's really the only way to do it, and I can't imagine anything more straight-forward.Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:30:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/?answer=5084#post-id-5084Comment by cutuchiqueno for <blockquote> As far as I understand it is not possible to open an i3 layout together with the programs that should run in it, is it? </blockquote> It is possible. The <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html">documentation</a> contains a short example. You need to write a script that opens a layout and launches your applications simultaneously. That's really the only way to do it, and I can't imagine anything more straight-forward. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/?comment=5085#comment-5085ok, than it's exactly what I did, than you.Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:03:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5033/how-to-launch-layout-with-applications/?comment=5085#comment-5085