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i3-msg(1)
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Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
v4.2, August 2012
== NAME
i3-msg - send messages to i3 window manager
== SYNOPSIS
i3-msg [-t type] [message]
== IPC MESSAGE TYPES
command::
The payload of the message is a command for i3 (like the commands you can bind
to keys in the configuration file) and will be executed directly after
receiving it.
get_workspaces::
Gets the current workspaces. The reply will be a JSON-encoded list of
workspaces.
get_outputs::
Gets the current outputs. The reply will be a JSON-encoded list of outputs (see
the reply section of docs/ipc, e.g. at
http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_receiving_replies_from_i3).
get_tree::
Gets the layout tree. i3 uses a tree as data structure which includes every
container. The reply will be the JSON-encoded tree.
get_marks::
Gets a list of marks (identifiers for containers to easily jump to them later).
The reply will be a JSON-encoded list of window marks.
get_bar_config::
Gets the configuration (as JSON map) of the workspace bar with the given ID. If
no ID is provided, an array with all configured bar IDs is returned instead.
get_version::
Gets the version of i3. The reply will be a JSON-encoded dictionary with the
major, minor, patch and human-readable version.
== DESCRIPTION
i3-msg is a sample implementation for a client using the unix socket IPC
interface to i3.
== EXAMPLES
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# Use 1-px border for current client
i3-msg "border 1pixel"
# You can leave out the quotes
i3-msg border normal
# Dump the layout tree
i3-msg -t get_tree
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== ENVIRONMENT
=== I3SOCK
If no ipc-socket is specified on the commandline, this variable is used
to determine the path, at wich the unix domain socket is expected, on which
to connect to i3.
== SEE ALSO
i3(1)
== AUTHOR
Michael Stapelberg and contributors