#!/bin/bash # Author: klaxalk (klaxalk@gmail.com, github.com/klaxalk) # Dependencies: # - vim/nvim : scriptable file editing # - jq : json manipulation # - rofi : nice dmenu alternative # - xdotool : window manipulation # - xrandr : getting info of current monitor # - i3-msg : i3 tui # - awk+sed+cat ... LAYOUT_PATH=~/.layouts # make directory for storing layouts mkdir -p $LAYOUT_PATH > /dev/null 2>&1 # logs LOG_FILE=/tmp/i3_layout_manager.txt # if operating using dmenu if [ -z $1 ]; then ACTION=$(echo "LOAD LAYOUT SAVE LAYOUT DELETE LAYOUT" | rofi -i -dmenu -no-custom -p "Select action") if [ -z "$ACTION" ]; then exit fi # get me layout names based on existing file names in the LAYOUT_PATH LAYOUT_NAMES=$(ls -a $LAYOUT_PATH | grep "layout.*json" | sed -nr 's/layout-(.*)\.json/\1/p' | sed 's/\s/\n/g') # layout names LAYOUT_NAME=$(echo "$LAYOUT_NAMES" | rofi -dmenu -p "Select layout (you may type new name when creating)") # ask for selection LAYOUT_NAME=${LAYOUT_NAME^^} # upper case # getting argument from command line else ACTION="LOAD LAYOUT" LAYOUT_NAME="${1^^}" fi # no action, exit if [ -z "$LAYOUT_NAME" ]; then exit fi LAYOUT_FILE=$LAYOUT_PATH/layout-"$LAYOUT_NAME".json # get current workspace ID WORKSPACE_ID=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused==true).num' | cut -d"\"" -f2) if [[ "$ACTION" = "LOAD LAYOUT" ]]; then # updating the workspace to the new layout is tricky # normally it does not influence existing windows # For it to apply to existing windows, we need to # first remove them from the workspace and then # add them back while we remove any empty placeholders # which would normally cause mess. The placeholders # are recognize by having no process inside them. # get the list of windows on the current workspace WINDOWS=$(xdotool search --all --onlyvisible --desktop $(xprop -notype -root _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP | cut -c 24-) "" 2>/dev/null) for window in $WINDOWS; do HAS_PID=$(xdotool getwindowpid $window 2>&1 | grep "pid" | wc -l) if [ ! $HAS_PID -eq 0 ]; then echo "$window does not have a process" else xdotool windowunmap $window fi done # delete all empty layout windows from the workspace for (( i=0 ; $a-20 ; a=$a+1 )); do i3-msg "focus parent, kill" > $LOG_FILE 2>&1 done # then we can apply to chosen layout i3-msg "append_layout $LAYOUT_FILE" > $LOG_FILE 2>&1 # and then we can reintroduce the windows back to the workspace for window in $WINDOWS; do HAS_PID=$(xdotool getwindowpid $window 2>&1 | grep "pid" | wc -l) if [ ! $HAS_PID -eq 0 ]; then echo "$window does not have a process" else xdotool windowmap $window fi done fi if [[ "$ACTION" = "SAVE LAYOUT" ]]; then ACTION=$(echo "DEFAULT (INSTANCE) SPECIFIC (CHOOSE) MATCH ANY" | rofi -i -dmenu -p "How to identify windows? (xprop style)") if [[ "$ACTION" = "DEFAULT (INSTANCE)" ]]; then CRITERION="default" elif [[ "$ACTION" = "SPECIFIC (CHOOSE)" ]]; then CRITERION="specific" elif [[ "$ACTION" = "MATCH ANY" ]]; then CRITERION="any" fi ALL_WS_FILE=$LAYOUT_PATH/all-layouts.json CURRENT_MONITOR=$(xrandr | grep -w connected | awk '{print $1}') # get the i3-tree for all workspaces for the current monitor i3-save-tree --output "$CURRENT_MONITOR" > "$ALL_WS_FILE" 2>&1 # get the i3-tree for the current workspace i3-save-tree --workspace "$WORKSPACE_ID" > "$LAYOUT_FILE" 2>&1 # back the output file.. we are gonna modify it and alter we will need it back BACKUP_FILE=$LAYOUT_PATH/.layout_backup.txt cp $LAYOUT_FILE $BACKUP_FILE # get me vim, we will be using it alot to postprocess the generated json files if [ -x "$(whereis nvim | awk '{print $2}')" ]; then VIM_BIN="$(whereis nvim | awk '{print $2}')" HEADLESS="--headless" elif [ -x "$(whereis vim | awk '{print $2}')" ]; then VIM_BIN="$(whereis vim | awk '{print $2}')" HEADLESS="" fi # the allaround task is to produce a single json file with the description # of the current layout on the focused workspace. However, the # i3-save-tree --workspace # command only outputs the inner containers, without wrapping them into the # root container of the workspace, which leads to loosing the information # about the initial split .. vertical? or horizontal?... # We can solve it by asking for a tree, which contains all workspaces, # including the root splits and borrowing the root split info from there. # I do it by locating the right place in the all-tree by mathing the # workspace tree and then extracting the split part and adding it back # to the workspace json. # first we need to do some preprocessing, before we can find, where in the # all-tree file we can find the workspace part. # remove comments $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/\/\//norm dd' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/\/\//norm dd' -c "wqa" -- "$ALL_WS_FILE" # remove indents $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/^/norm 0d^' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/^/norm 0d^' -c "wqa" -- "$ALL_WS_FILE" # remove commas $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%s/^},$/}/g' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%s/^},$/}/g' -c "wqa" -- "$ALL_WS_FILE" # remove empty lines in the the workspace file $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/^$/norm dd' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" # now I will try to find the part in the big file which containts the # small file. I have not found a suitable solution using off-the-shelf # tools, so custom bash it is... MATCH=0 PATTERN_LINES=`cat $LAYOUT_FILE | wc -l` # get me the number of lines in the small file SOURCE_LINES=`cat $ALL_WS_FILE | wc -l` # get me the number of lines in the big file N_ITER=$(expr $SOURCE_LINES - $PATTERN_LINES) readarray pattern < $LAYOUT_FILE MATCH_LINE=0 for (( a=1 ; $a-$N_ITER ; a=$a+1 )); do CURR_LINE=0 MATCHED_LINES=0 while read -r line1; do PATTERN_LINE=$(echo ${pattern[$CURR_LINE]} | tr -d '\n') if [[ "$line1" == "$PATTERN_LINE" ]]; then MATCHED_LINES=$(expr $MATCHED_LINES + 1) else break fi CURR_LINE=$(expr $CURR_LINE + 1) done <<< $(cat "$ALL_WS_FILE" | tail -n +"$a") if [[ "$MATCHED_LINES" == "$PATTERN_LINES" ]]; then MATCH_LINE="$a" break fi done # lets extract the key part, containing the block with the root split # load old workspace file (we destroyed the old one, remember?) mv $BACKUP_FILE $LAYOUT_FILE # delete the part below and above the block $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c "normal ${MATCH_LINE}ggdGG{kdgg" -c "wqa" -- "$ALL_WS_FILE" # rename the "workspace to "con" (container) $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/type/norm ^Wlciwcon' -c "wqa" -- "$ALL_WS_FILE" # change the fullscrean to 0 $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/fullscreen/norm ^Wr0' -c "wqa" -- "$ALL_WS_FILE" # extract the needed part of the file and add it to the workspace file # this part is mostly according to the i3 manual, except we actually put there # the information about the split type cat $ALL_WS_FILE | cat - $LAYOUT_FILE > /tmp/tmp.txt && mv /tmp/tmp.txt $LAYOUT_FILE # add closing bracked at the end $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c "normal Go] }" -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" # now we have to do some postprocessing on it, all is even advices on the official website # https://i3wm.org/docs/layout-saving.html # uncomment the instance swallow rule if [[ "$CRITERION" = "default" ]]; then $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c "%g/instance/norm ^dW" -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" elif [[ "$CRITERION" = "any" ]]; then echo any $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/instance/norm ^dW3f"di"' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" elif [[ "$CRITERION" = "specific" ]]; then LAST_LINE=1 while true; do LINE_NUM=$(cat $LAYOUT_FILE | tail -n +$LAST_LINE | grep '// "class' -n | awk '{print $1}') HAS_INSTANCE=$(echo $LINE_NUM | wc -l) if [ ! -z "$LINE_NUM" ]; then LINE_NUM=$(echo $LINE_NUM | awk '{print $1}') LINE_NUM=${LINE_NUM%:} LINE_NUM=$(expr $LINE_NUM - 1) LINE_NUM=$(expr $LINE_NUM + $LAST_LINE ) NAME=$(cat $LAYOUT_FILE | sed -n "$(expr ${LINE_NUM} - 4)p" | awk '{$1="";print $0}') SELECTED_OPTION=$(cat -n $LAYOUT_FILE | sed -n "${LINE_NUM},$(expr $LINE_NUM + 2)p" | awk '{$2="";print $0}' | rofi -i -dmenu -no-custom -p "Choose the matching method for${NAME%,}" | awk '{print $1}') # when user does not select, choose "instance" (class+1) if [ -z "$SELECTED_OPTION" ]; then SELECTED_OPTION=$(expr ${LINE_NUM} + 1) fi $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c "norm ${SELECTED_OPTION}gg^dW" -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" LAST_LINE=$( expr $SELECTED_OPTION) else break fi done fi # uncomment the transient_for $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/transient_for/norm ^dW' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" # delete all comments $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/\/\//norm dd' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" # add a missing comma to the last element of array we just deleted $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/swallows/norm j^%k:s/,$//g ' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" # delete all empty lines $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%g/^$/norm dd' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" # add missing commas between the newly created inner parts of the root element $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c '%s/}\n{/}, {/g' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" # autoformat the file $VIM_BIN $HEADLESS -nEs -c 'normal gg=G' -c "wqa" -- "$LAYOUT_FILE" notify-send -u low -t 2000 "Layout saved" -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:anything fi if [[ "$ACTION" = "DELETE LAYOUT" ]]; then rm "$LAYOUT_FILE" fi