i3-input starting programs

answered 2015-01-29 20:51:19 +0000

Pinyaka
51 ●4 ●4 ●12

updated 2015-01-29 20:54:38 +0000

Basically, rename your mode from StartPrograms to the help text that you want to display. Here is what I have for my "system" mode.

bindsym $mod+y mode "$system_menu"
set $system_menu (l)oad i3 config (L)ock (r)estart i3 (R)eboot (s)uspend (S)hutdown
mode "$system_menu" {
     bindsym l reload, $return
     bindsym Shift+l exec i3exit lock, $return
     bindsym r restart, $return
     bindsym Shift+r exec i3exit reboot, $return
     bindsym s exec i3exit suspend, $return
     bindsym Shift+s exec i3exit shutdown, $return
     bindsym space $return
     bindsym Return $return
     bindsym Escape $return
}

I don't need to capture input at all as the "name" of the mode is the help text.

answered 2015-04-19 03:36:06 +0000

i3convert
674 ●8 ●14

updated 2015-04-19 03:44:05 +0000

If you don't insist on i3-input, you can use dmenu. A sample script in bash that uses it would be:

#!/bin/bash
list="thunderbird\n"
list+="firefox\n"
list+="digikam\n"
list+="gimp\n"
command=`echo -e "$list" | dmenu`
$command

Now you can start typing a name of the command and it's going to narrow the set of options. If you want the options to be listed vertically (as opposed to horizontally), use dmenu -l 10 instead of dmenu, where the number after -l specifies the maximum number of options to be displayed at any particular time.

In this example, I use names of actual commands, but you can use dmenu to select from a set of arbitrary strings and then based on what is selected, you could run arbitrary commands (using for instance the case statement in bash).

answered 2015-04-18 23:08:30 +0000

mimosinnet
1

I am solving this issue is the following way:

• Favourite programs associated with workspace.
• Mode connecting workspace and keys.
• Help text file, cut-and-paste of bind-keys definition, in case I forget.

Result: For example, pressing Numeric-Pad-8+t+Return goes to the "network" workspace and opens Telegram. In case I forget, I can press Numeric-Pad-8+h+See-the-key-I-have-to-press+Return

using key 8 on the numeric pad

set  $8 KP_Up

And this is the "network" workspace: set $W8 "8: Network"

Shift+numericpad8 goes to workspace 8 and enters the network mode

bindsym Shift+$8  workspace  $W8; mode "Network"

When entering the mode "Network", I have these keybindings:

# Network {{{
mode "Network" {
    bindsym h exec xmessage -nearmouse -file ~/.config/i3/help_Network.txt
    bindsym i exec urxvtc -e irssi
    bindsym r exec urxvtc -e rtorrent
    bindsym t exec /usr/local/bin/Telegram/Telegram
    bindsym w exec wicd-gtk -n 

    # back to normal: Enter or Escape
    bindsym Return mode "default"
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
}
# }}}

And this is the text file, cut-and-paste of the key-bindings:

key
w wicd
t Telegram
i rssi
r rtorrent
h help

Also:
- connman
- wpa_gui