Create a secure temp path instead of a predictable one (Thanks Han)

[i3/i3] / docs / userguide

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@@ -643,16 +643,19 @@ programs to get information from i3, such as the current workspaces
 (to display a workspace bar), and to control i3.
 
 The IPC socket is enabled by default and will be created in
-+/tmp/i3-%u/ipc-socket.%p+ where +%u+ is your UNIX username and +%p+ is the PID
-of i3.
++/tmp/i3-%u.XXXXXX/ipc-socket.%p+ where +%u+ is your UNIX username, +%p+ is
+the PID of i3 and XXXXXX is a string of random characters from the portable
+filename character set (see mkdtemp(3)).
 
 You can override the default path through the environment-variable +I3SOCK+ or
 by specifying the +ipc-socket+ directive. This is discouraged, though, since i3
-does the right thing by default.
+does the right thing by default. If you decide to change it, it is strongly
+recommended to set this to a location in your home directory so that no other
+user can create that directory.
 
 *Examples*:
 ----------------------------
-ipc-socket /tmp/i3-ipc.sock
+ipc-socket ~/.i3/i3-ipc.sock
 ----------------------------
 
 You can then use the +i3-msg+ application to perform any command listed in
@@ -979,7 +982,7 @@ colors {
     statusline #ffffff
 
     focused_workspace  #ffffff #285577
-    active_workspace   #888888 #222222
+    active_workspace   #ffffff #333333
     inactive_workspace #888888 #222222
     urgent_workspace   #ffffff #900000
 }
@@ -1248,9 +1251,9 @@ resize <grow|shrink> <direction> [<px> px] [or <ppt> ppt]
 
 Direction can be one of +up+, +down+, +left+ or +right+. The optional pixel
 argument specifies by how many pixels a *floating container* should be grown or
-shrinked (the default is 10 pixels). The ppt argument means percentage points
+shrunk (the default is 10 pixels). The ppt argument means percentage points
 and specifies by how many percentage points a *tiling container* should be
-grown or shrinked (the default is 10 percentage points).
+grown or shrunk (the default is 10 percentage points).
 
 I recommend using the resize command inside a so called +mode+: