Renaming i3 workspaces with https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-python while keeping the <number>: <letter> prefix for keyboard navigation.
#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
# renameworkspace.py - Renaming i3 workspaces with https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-python while keeping the <number>: <letter> prefix for keyboard navigation. | |
# Written in 2017 by Fahrstuhl | |
# To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and neighboring rights to this software to the public domain worldwide. This software is distributed without any warranty. | |
# You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along with this software. If not, see <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>. | |
import i3ipc | |
import re | |
class WorkspaceRenamer(object): | |
prefixRegex = re.compile('\d+:\S+') | |
def __init__(self): | |
self.i3 = i3ipc.Connection() | |
def findFocusedWorkspace(self): | |
focused = self.i3.get_tree().find_focused() | |
workspace = focused.workspace() | |
return workspace | |
def getWorkspacePrefix(self): | |
workspace = self.findFocusedWorkspace() | |
oldname = workspace.name | |
prefix = self.prefixRegex.match(oldname) | |
if prefix is None: | |
raise LookupError("No workspace name found") | |
return prefix[0] | |
def interactiveRenameCurrentWorkspace(self): | |
prefix = self.getWorkspacePrefix() | |
renameCommand = 'rename workspace to "{} %s"'.format(prefix) | |
inputCommand = """exec i3-input -F '{}' -P "Rename workspace to: {} " """.format(renameCommand, prefix) | |
print(renameCommand) | |
print(inputCommand) | |
self.i3.command(inputCommand) | |
def main(): | |
renamer = WorkspaceRenamer() | |
renamer.interactiveRenameCurrentWorkspace() | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
main() |
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Awesome, thank you |
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Hi,
thank you for this helpful script!
I would like to put it in a repository to adjust it for my use case. Could you please add some licensing information?
Thank you in advance!
Max