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Kuake-like Behavior with urxvt

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:34:58 +0000

I searched a lot to find something like this in i3. I have a small screen and it can save me a lot. [There is](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rxvt-unicode#Improved_Kuake-like_Behavior_in_Openbox) an improved one in open box that uses xdotools. I tried to use it in i3 but I faild. After starting the script, urxvt window will disappear. I'll be thankful if any body help me ;-)

Answer by Shahin for
I searched a lot to find something like this in i3. I have a small screen and it can save me a lot. There is an improved one in open box that uses xdotools. I tried to use it in i3 but I faild. After starting the script, urxvt window will disappear. I'll be thankful if any body help me ;-)

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:52:43 +0000

It's long time I know, but just today I found what I wanted and I want to share it: exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name 'scratchpad_urxvt' -g 130x24 for_window [instance="scratchpad_urxvt"] move to scratchpad, border 1pixel bindsym F12 [instance="scratchpad_urxvt"] scratchpad show, move position 110px 0px Now I have a completely Quake like terminal in my lovely i3 ;-)

Answer by badboy_ for
I searched a lot to find something like this in i3. I have a small screen and it can save me a lot. There is an improved one in open box that uses xdotools. I tried to use it in i3 but I faild. After starting the script, urxvt window will disappear. I'll be thankful if any body help me ;-)

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 16:36:59 +0000

Try the scratchpad function. This might be exactly what you need. See http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_scratchpad

Comment by Shahin for
Try the scratchpad function. This might be exactly what you need. See http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_...

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:18:42 +0000

Thank you ;-)

Answer by gehidore for
I searched a lot to find something like this in i3. I have a small screen and it can save me a lot. There is an improved one in open box that uses xdotools. I tried to use it in i3 but I faild. After starting the script, urxvt window will disappear. I'll be thankful if any body help me ;-)

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:32:37 +0000

I use this daily and aside from the issue posted here: I have a bad habbit of typing exit every time I'm done in a terminal here is my solution stole from the kuake style setup for urxvt and openbox. Requires xdotool. in ~/.local/bin/urxvtq ( or somewhere in your $PATH ) #!/bin/bash wid=$(xdotool search --classname scratchpad_urxvt_top) if [ -z "$wid" ]; then #your prefered urxvt output here. urxvt -pe default,matcher -name scratchpad_urxvt_top -geometry 180x28 fi then in your .i3/config modify your bindsym for show/hide of the scratchpad window: bindsym $mod+ exec .local/bin/urxvtq, [instance="scratchpad_urxvt_top"] scratchpad show, move position 45px 0px Now if you close your scratchpad by mistake hit your chosen hotkey and a new window will be spawned! Sadly it doesn't focus the window so you have to hit it twice, a small price to pay versus manually firing up a new window.

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Kuake-like Behavior with urxvt

Comment by Shahin for Try the scratchpad function. This might be exactly what you need. See http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_...

Comment by Shahin for
Try the scratchpad function. This might be exactly what you need. See http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_...