Is there a way to delay an application's startup time in ~/.i3/config? Currently in ~/.i3/config I have the line
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 6; exec qbittorrent; workspace 1'
but I would like to delay qbittorrent's start for 10 or 15 seconds after i3 starts. If I could add "sleep 15" somewhere in the exec line that would be great, if anyone knows.
The workspace assignment can better be fixed with a for_window-matcher. See elsewhere in the FAQ. This solves multiple issues with your command already. As for the sleep thing, you could try (untested):
exec --no-startup-id "sh -c 'sleep 10; exec qbittorent'"Explanation: Here it says: exec --no-startup-id program, where the program is sh. The exec in sh means that the PID of sh will be replaced by the PID of qtorrent. If you would look at pstree -ap | less, you will notice that qtbittorrent is a direct descendant of i3, without another shell process in between.
Thank you. This line finally worked for me:
exec "sh -c 'sleep 15; exec qbittorrent'"
I have qbittorrent set to start minimized.
Asked: Mar 14 '14
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Last updated: Mar 15 '14
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