In earlier versions of i3, interpreting these commands was done using lex and
yacc, but experience has shown that lex and yacc are not well suited for our
-command language. Therefore, starting from version 4.2, we use a custom parser.
+command language. Therefore, starting from version 4.2, we use a custom parser
+for user commands (not yet for the configuration file).
The input specification for this parser can be found in the file
+parser-specs/commands.spec+. Should you happen to use Vim as an editor, use
:source parser-specs/highlighting.vim to get syntax highlighting for this file
leads to code which looks like it works fine but which does not work under
certain conditions.
+* Forgetting to call `floating_fix_coordinates(con, old_rect, new_rect)` after
+ moving workspaces across outputs. Coordinates for floating containers are
+ not relative to workspace boundaries, so you must correct their coordinates
+ or those containers will show up in the wrong workspace or not at all.
+
== Using git / sending patches
For a short introduction into using git, see