Little experiments using subprocess with i3wm

i3-dmenu.py

import subprocess
import json
 
test = subprocess.Popen(["i3-msg", "-t", "command"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
output = test.communicate()[0]
  
data = json.loads(output.decode())
data = sorted(data, key=lambda k: k['name'])
for i in data:
    print(i['name'])

i3-dmenu2.py

import subprocess
import sys

data = sys.stdin.readlines()[0]
test = subprocess.Popen(["i3-msg", "exec "+data], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

# Everything works in pipe with dmenu as i3 keybind

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