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I3−INPUT

NAME

i3-input − interactively take a command for i3 window manager

SYNOPSIS

i3−input [−s <socket>] [−F <format>] [−l <limit>] [−P <prompt>] [−f <font>] [−v]

DESCRIPTION

i3−input is a tool to take commands (or parts of a command) composed by the user, and send it/them to i3. This is useful, for example, for the mark/goto command.

You can press Escape to close i3−input without sending any commands.

OPTIONS

−s <socket>

Specify the path to the i3 IPC socket (it should not be necessary to use this option, i3−input will figure out the path on its own).

−F <format>

Every occurrence of "%s" in the <format> string is replaced by the user input, and the result is sent to i3 as a command. Default value is "%s".

−l <limit>

Set the maximum allowed length of the user input to <limit> characters. i3−input will automatically issue the command when the user input reaches that length.

−P <prompt>

Display the <prompt> string in front of user input text field. The prompt string is not included in the user input/command.

−f <font>

Use the specified X11 core font (use xfontsel to chose a font).

−v

Show version and exit.

EXAMPLES

Mark a container with a single character:

i3−input −F 'mark %s' −l 1 −P 'Mark: '

Go to the container marked with above example:

i3−input −F '[con_mark="%s"] focus' −l 1 −P 'Go to: '

ENVIRONMENT

I3SOCK
i3−input handles the different sources of socket paths in the following order:

• I3SOCK environment variable

• I3SOCK gets overwritten by the −s parameter, if specified

• if neither are available, i3−input reads the socket path from the X11 property, which is the recommended way

• if everything fails, i3−input tries /tmp/i3−ipc.sock

The socket path is necessary to connect to i3 and actually issue the command.

SEE ALSO

i3(1)

AUTHOR

Michael Stapelberg and contributors

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