ajeetdsouza / i3-autoname-ws

Automatically update workspace names in i3wm to show running programs

Warning

This repository is deprecated in favor of roosta/i3wsr.

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i3-autoname-ws

Listens for i3 events and renames workspaces to show the icons of running programs. It requires i3 >= 4.18.

Installation

• To build and install the binary, use:

  go install

• This uses Nerd Fonts for icons, so make sure you are using one of them in your status bar.
• Add i3-autoname-ws to your i3 configuration to make it start up by default:

  exec --no-startup-id i3-autoname-ws
  

Configuration

Unknown entries show up as a question mark by default. To add new entries:

• Use xprop to find the class and instance of the window.
• Find an appropriate icon using the Nerd Fonts Cheat Sheet.
• Add it to the code and rebuild it!