https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 10 Jun 2015 10:50:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6104/resize-windows-within-vim-and-i3-with-the-same-keystrokes/ In the same line of *Change the focus of windows within vim and i3 with the same keystroke* https://faq.i3wm.org/question/3042/change-the-focus-of-windows-within-vim-and-i3-with-the-same-keystroke/ I wrote some bits of glue to resize windows i3 and vim using the same keystrokes. It consists of a C bit, a plug-in for vim, and configurations for the vim and i3 mappings. To use it you would need libxdo (part of xdotools). The C bit (i put in `~/bin/i3_vim_resize`): /* File: i3_vim_resize.c * * Compile with: * gcc -lX11 -lxdo -o i3_vim_resize i3_vim_resize.c $(pkg-config --libs --cflags i3ipc-glib-1.0) * */ #include <stdio.h> #include <strings.h> #include <string.h> #include <xdo.h> #include <glib/gprintf.h> #include <i3ipc-glib/i3ipc-glib.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char cmd[50]; unsigned char *name; int name_len; int name_type; Window window_ret; i3ipcConnection *conn; gchar *reply; if(argc < 2){ printf("Missing argument\n"); return 1; } xdo_t *xdo = xdo_new(NULL); xdo_get_active_window(xdo, &window_ret); xdo_get_window_name(xdo, window_ret, &name, &name_len, &name_type); if(strstr(name, "VIM")) { strcpy(cmd, "Escape+g+w+"); strcat(cmd, (argv[1][0] == 'h')? "less" : (argv[1][0] == 'j')? "plus" : (argv[1][0] == 'k')? "minus" : "greater" ); xdo_send_keysequence_window(xdo, window_ret, cmd, 0); } else { conn = i3ipc_connection_new(NULL, NULL); strcpy(cmd, "resize "); strcat(cmd, (argv[1][0] == 'h')? "shrink width 5 px or 5 ppt" : (argv[1][0] == 'j')? "grow height 5 px or 5 ppt" : (argv[1][0] == 'k')? "shrink height 5 px or 5 ppt" : "grow width 5 px or 5 ppt" ); reply = i3ipc_connection_message(conn, I3IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_COMMAND, cmd, NULL); /*g_printf("Reply: %s\n", reply);*/ g_free(reply); g_object_unref(conn); } XFree(name); return 0; } The vim-plugin (I put in `~/.vim/plugin/focus.vim`, together with my Focus function): " CountOpenVertical and CountOpenHorizontal: stolen from Ben Klein " http://www.vim.org/account/profile.php?user_id=67078 " Count the open vertical split windows in the current horizontal split fun! s:CountOpenVertical() " If there's only one open window, return 1 if(winnr('$') == 1) return 1 endif let l:start_window = winnr() " Start by moving to the top horizontal window " in this vertical split window let l:status = 0 execute "1wincmd h" while winnr() != l:status let l:status = winnr() execute "1wincmd h" endwhile " There's one window so far let l:count = 1 | let l:status = winnr() " Move to the next top-level vertical window execute "1wincmd l" " Add to the count each time we can move to " another top-level vertical window while winnr() != l:status let l:status = winnr() execute "1wincmd l" let l:count += 1 endwhile " Return to the original window execute l:start_window . "wincmd w" " Return the total return l:count endfun " Count the open horizontal split windows in the " current vertical split window fun! s:CountOpenHorizontal() " If there aren't split windows, return 1 if(winnr('$') == 1) return 1 endif let l:start_window = winnr() let l:count = 0 | let l:status = 0 " Start by moving to the top horizontal window " in this vertical split window execute "1wincmd k" while winnr() != l:status let l:status = winnr() execute "1wincmd k" endwhile " Once we're there, start over, and begin the " count let l:status = 0 " For each time we can move to another window, " add one to the count while winnr() != l:status let l:status = winnr() execute "1wincmd j" let l:count += 1 endwhile execute l:start_window . "wincmd w" " Return the total return l:count endfun func! Resize(comando, vim_comando) if winnr('$') == 1 silent exe '!i3-msg -q resize ' . a:comando else if a:vim_comando == '>' || a:vim_comando == "<" if s:CountOpenVertical() > 1 silent exe '3wincmd ' . a:vim_comando else silent exe '!i3-msg -q resize ' . a:comando endif else if s:CountOpenHorizontal() > 1 silent exe '3wincmd ' . a:vim_comando else silent exe '!i3-msg -q resize ' . a:comando endif endif endif endfunction The i3 configuration (`~/.i3/config`, in the resize mode): # In case of weirdness, shift makes everything work as usual bindsym Shift+h resize shrink width 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym Shift+j resize grow height 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym Shift+k resize shrink height 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym Shift+l resize grow width 5 px or 5 ppt bindsym h exec "i3_vim_resize h" bindsym j exec "i3_vim_resize j" bindsym k exec "i3_vim_resize k" bindsym l exec "i3_vim_resize l" The vim bindings (`~/.vimrc`): map gw< :call Resize('shrink width 5 px or 5 ppt', '<')<CR> map gw+ :call Resize('grow height 5 px or 5 ppt', '+')<CR> map gw- :call Resize('shrink height 5 px or 5 ppt', '-')<CR> map gw> :call Resize('grow width 5 px or 5 ppt', '>')<CR> Wed, 10 Jun 2015 10:50:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6104/resize-windows-within-vim-and-i3-with-the-same-keystrokes/