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# i3-layout-manager # i3-layout-manager
Saving, loading and managing layouts for i3wm. Saving, loading and managing layouts for i3wm.
## Preamble - dont worry, I solved all of this
i3 window manager supports saving and loading of window layouts, however, the features are bare-bone and partially missing.
According to the [manual](https://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html), the layout tree can be exported into a json file.
The file contains a description of the containers of a workspace with prefilled (and commented) potential matching rules for the windows.
User is supposed to uncomment the desierd one (and/or modify it) and delete the unsused ones.
Moreover, user should add a surrouding root container which is missing in the file (this baffles me, why cant they save it too?).
So doing it manually (which I dont want) consists of following steps:
1. export the workspace into jason using ```i3-save-tree --workspace ...```
2. edit the json to match your desired matching rules for the windows
3. wrap the file in a root node, which defines the root split.
4. when needed, load the layout using ```i3-append ...```
However, this plan has big flaws. Its not scalable, its not automated and it loading of layout does not work when windows are already present in the current workspace.
To fix it, I built this *layout manager*.
Currently, its a hacky-type shell script, but feel free to contribute :-).
## How does it work?
TODO
## Dependencies ## Dependencies
* vim/nvim * vim/nvim

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#!/bin/bash #!/bin/bash
# Author: klaxalk (klaxalk@gmail.com, github.com/klaxalk) # Author: klaxalk (klaxalk@gmail.com, github.com/klaxalk)
#
# Dependencies: # Dependencies:
# - vim/nvim : scriptable file editing # - vim/nvim : scriptable file editing
# - jq : json manipulation # - jq : json manipulation
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# - xrandr : getting info of current monitor # - xrandr : getting info of current monitor
# - i3-msg : i3 tui # - i3-msg : i3 tui
# - awk+sed+cat ... # - awk+sed+cat ...
#
# vim foldmarks: set foldmarker=#\ #{,#\ #}
# #{ CHECK DEPENDENCIES
VIM_BIN="$(whereis -b vim | awk '{print $2}')" VIM_BIN="$(whereis -b vim | awk '{print $2}')"
NVIM_BIN="$(whereis -b nvim | awk '{print $2}')" NVIM_BIN="$(whereis -b nvim | awk '{print $2}')"
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exit 1 exit 1
fi fi
# #}
LAYOUT_PATH=~/.layouts LAYOUT_PATH=~/.layouts
# make directory for storing layouts # make directory for storing layouts