i3 config.d base config

config

# stupid version hint thingy
# i3 config file (v4)

# basic stuff so we can exit in case config fail
set $mod Mod4
font pango:monospace 8
bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-msg exit"

# multiline since we need to execute the command synchronous
#   1. copy this config over for restoring after loading config.d
#   2. concat the config.d for starting (overwriting)
#   3. concat cleanup/restoring into the config 
#   4. restart i3 with the config and it will run the cleanup/restoring
exec_always \
cp ~/.config/i3/config ~/.config/i3/_config && \
cat ~/.config/i3/config.d/*.i3 > ~/.config/i3/config && \
echo "exec_always cp ~/.config/i3/_config ~/.config/i3/config && rm ~/.config/i3/_config" >> ~/.config/i3/config && \
i3-msg restart

seem like revision 1 doesn't run exec in config.d