3 Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
8 i3-config-wizard - creates a keysym based config based on your layout
12 i3-config-wizard [*-s* 'socket'] [*-m* 'modifier'] [*-v*] [*-h*]
16 *-s, --socket* 'socket'::
17 Overwrites the path to the i3 IPC socket.
19 *-m, --modifier* 'modifier'::
20 Generates the configuration file headlessly. Accepts win or alt.
23 Display version number and exit.
26 Display a short help message and exit.
30 === /etc/i3/config.keycodes
32 This file contains the default configuration with keycodes. All the bindcode
33 lines will be transformed to bindsym and the user-specified modifier will be
38 i3-config-wizard is started by i3 in its default config, unless ~/.i3/config
39 exists. i3-config-wizard creates a keysym based i3 config file (based on
40 /etc/i3/config.keycodes) in ~/.i3/config.
42 The advantage of using keysyms is that the config file is easy to read,
43 understand and modify. However, if we shipped with a keysym based default
44 config file, the key positions would not be consistent across different
45 keyboard layouts (take for example the homerow for movement). Therefore, we
46 ship with a keycode based default config and let the wizard transform it
47 according to your current keyboard layout.
55 Michael Stapelberg and contributors