How do I transfer window opening/closing to a bash script

asked 2015-02-08 03:52:37 +0000

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I can open windows in the config, but that is static.

I want to use a bash script to open a window for each file in a folder - may be image or text files. I will loop the script so it re-draws the windows as the folder contents change. This will make up an "announcement" display.

Alternatively, I suppose I could call python using i3-py.

Any clues please?