Is there a way to switch the config file during runtime?
So i could mod+Shift+r into the new(other) one?
Reason is, that i don't want to logout and login when changing the external monitor to be primary (in combination with using an external keyboard). As the external monitor is bigger, it makes sense (in my usecase) to have different workspace settings.
There’s no way to do that within i3. However, it’s easy to build a solution which works: Just have two configuration files (~/.i3/config.large_monitor and ~/.i3/config.small_monitor) and then symlink ~/.i3/config to the appropriate one. You can change the symlink at runtime and then just trigger an i3 reload or i3 restart.
Asked: Jun 29 '12
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Last updated: Jun 29 '12
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