I3-INPUT(1)

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.

The -F option takes a format string. In this string, every occurence of %s is replaced by the user input.

EXAMPLE

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

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