After upgrading i3, I see error messages when accidentally pressing keybinding X

answered 2012-08-07 06:39:32 +0000

Michael
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Since commit http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/comm..., i3 will report errors in any keybinding. This deals with a very common case of mistakes, such as people configuring bindsym Mod1+x firefox instead of bindsym Mod1+x exec firefox or having typos in configured commands.

To disable error reporting for a particular binding, change it from this:

bindsym Mod1+x move absolute position center

to this:

bindsym Mod1+x exec --no-startup-id i3-msg move absolute position center >/dev/null 2>&1

This will send the command to i3 using the IPC interface and redirect any errors (or output) to /dev/null.