I searched a lot to find something like this in i3. I have a small screen and it can save me a lot. There is an improved one in open box that uses xdotools. I tried to use it in i3 but I faild. After starting the script, urxvt window will disappear. I'll be thankful if any body help me ;-)
Try the scratchpad function. This might be exactly what you need. See http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_...
It's long time I know, but just today I found what I wanted and I want to share it:
exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name 'scratchpad_urxvt' -g 130x24
for_window [instance="scratchpad_urxvt"] move to scratchpad, border 1pixel
bindsym F12 [instance="scratchpad_urxvt"] scratchpad show, move position 110px 0px
Now I have a completely Quake like terminal in my lovely i3 ;-)
I use this daily and aside from the issue posted here:
I have a bad habbit of typing exit every time I'm done in a terminal here is my solution stole from the kuake style setup for urxvt and openbox. Requires xdotool. in ~/.local/bin/urxvtq ( or somewhere in your $PATH )
#!/bin/bash
wid=$(xdotool search --classname scratchpad_urxvt_top)
if [ -z "$wid" ]; then
#your prefered urxvt output here.
urxvt -pe default,matcher -name scratchpad_urxvt_top -geometry 180x28
fi
then in your .i3/config modify your bindsym for show/hide of the scratchpad window:
bindsym $mod+<key> exec .local/bin/urxvtq, [instance="scratchpad_urxvt_top"] scratchpad show, move position 45px 0px
Now if you close your scratchpad by mistake hit your chosen hotkey and a new window will be spawned!
Sadly it doesn't focus the window so you have to hit it twice, a small price to pay versus manually firing up a new window.
Asked: 2012-10-21 15:34:58 +0000
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Last updated: May 01 '13
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