i3 workspace/output helpers

get-workspaces.sh

#!/bin/sh

usage() {
    echo "usage: get-workspaces.sh OUTPUT"
    echo ""
    echo "Print the names of workspaces on the given output"
    echo ""
    exit 2
}

[ -z "$1" ] && usage
output=$(map-output.sh "$1")

i3-msg -t get_workspaces | python -c 'import json, sys; output = sys.argv[1]; print(" ".join(str(x["num"]) for x in json.load(sys.stdin) if x["output"] == output))' "$output"

map-output.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# Give descriptive names to your outputs
#

if [ "$1" == "dongle" ]; then echo DP1
elif [ "$1" == "dock" ]; then echo DP1-3
elif [ "$1" == "laptop" ]; then echo eDP1
else echo "$1"
fi

move-workspaces.sh

#!/bin/sh
set -e

usage() {
    echo "usage: move-workspaces.sh OUTPUT WORKSPACE [WORKSPACE...]"
    echo ""
    echo "Moves workspaces with the given numbers to the given output"
    echo ""
    exit 2
}


[ -z "$1" ] && usage

output=$(map-output.sh "$1")
shift

[ -z "$1" ] && usage

while [ -n "$1" ]; do
    i3-msg workspace "$1"
    i3-msg move workspace to output "$output"
    shift
done