Add workspace vars to support DRY when customizing

Relabeling the workspaces required the user to update the labels at least in two places of the i3 config file (switch to workspace + move focused container to workspace) to keep a consistent state.

This got even worse when the user started to reference the workspaces elsewhere, e.g. for assigning containers to specific workspaces.

This change supports the DRY principle for users. Relabeling the workspaces is now merely a matter of changing the respective variable ($ws1, $ws2, … $ws10).

diff --git a/etc/config b/etc/config
index 5b751d00df55f7f6831e5845697d4ce98c9a8eff..77966e8aec7eddf1ba29e918c4dd92183c5f655c 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/config
+++ b/etc/config
@@ -104,29 +104,52 @@ bindsym Mod1+Shift+minus move scratchpad
 # If there are multiple scratchpad windows, this command cycles through them.
 bindsym Mod1+minus scratchpad show
 
+# Define workspaces along with their labels
+#
+# Customize your workspace labels here.
+# Example:
+#
+# set $ws1 "Terminals" 
+#
+# or
+#
+# set $ws1 "1: Terminals"
+#
+set $ws1 "1"
+set $ws2 "2"
+set $ws3 "3"
+set $ws4 "4"
+set $ws5 "5"
+set $ws6 "6"
+set $ws7 "7"
+set $ws8 "8"
+set $ws9 "9"
+set $ws10 "10"
+
+
 # switch to workspace
-bindsym Mod1+1 workspace 1
-bindsym Mod1+2 workspace 2
-bindsym Mod1+3 workspace 3
-bindsym Mod1+4 workspace 4
-bindsym Mod1+5 workspace 5
-bindsym Mod1+6 workspace 6
-bindsym Mod1+7 workspace 7
-bindsym Mod1+8 workspace 8
-bindsym Mod1+9 workspace 9
-bindsym Mod1+0 workspace 10
+bindsym Mod1+1 workspace $ws1
+bindsym Mod1+2 workspace $ws2
+bindsym Mod1+3 workspace $ws3
+bindsym Mod1+4 workspace $ws4
+bindsym Mod1+5 workspace $ws5
+bindsym Mod1+6 workspace $ws6
+bindsym Mod1+7 workspace $ws7
+bindsym Mod1+8 workspace $ws8
+bindsym Mod1+9 workspace $ws9
+bindsym Mod1+0 workspace $ws10
 
 # move focused container to workspace
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+1 move container to workspace 1
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+2 move container to workspace 2
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+3 move container to workspace 3
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+4 move container to workspace 4
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+5 move container to workspace 5
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+6 move container to workspace 6
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+7 move container to workspace 7
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+8 move container to workspace 8
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+9 move container to workspace 9
-bindsym Mod1+Shift+0 move container to workspace 10
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9
+bindsym Mod1+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws10
 
 # reload the configuration file
 bindsym Mod1+Shift+c reload

diff --git a/etc/config.keycodes b/etc/config.keycodes
index c07462b4e1cc144c0eef197bb1678398f42cbb09..86eadb82cbb32c822f50760f5b3b0aa6a84a3042 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/config.keycodes
+++ b/etc/config.keycodes
@@ -91,29 +91,51 @@ bindcode $mod+38 focus parent
 # focus the child container
 #bindsym $mod+d focus child
 
+# Define workspaces along with their labels
+#
+# Customize your workspace labels here.
+# Example:
+#
+# set $ws1 "Terminals" 
+#
+# or
+#
+# set $ws1 "1: Terminals"
+#
+set $ws1 "1"
+set $ws2 "2"
+set $ws3 "3"
+set $ws4 "4"
+set $ws5 "5"
+set $ws6 "6"
+set $ws7 "7"
+set $ws8 "8"
+set $ws9 "9"
+set $ws10 "10"
+
 # switch to workspace
-bindcode $mod+10 workspace 1
-bindcode $mod+11 workspace 2
-bindcode $mod+12 workspace 3
-bindcode $mod+13 workspace 4
-bindcode $mod+14 workspace 5
-bindcode $mod+15 workspace 6
-bindcode $mod+16 workspace 7
-bindcode $mod+17 workspace 8
-bindcode $mod+18 workspace 9
-bindcode $mod+19 workspace 10
+bindcode $mod+10 workspace $ws1
+bindcode $mod+11 workspace $ws2
+bindcode $mod+12 workspace $ws3
+bindcode $mod+13 workspace $ws4
+bindcode $mod+14 workspace $ws5
+bindcode $mod+15 workspace $ws6
+bindcode $mod+16 workspace $ws7
+bindcode $mod+17 workspace $ws8
+bindcode $mod+18 workspace $ws9
+bindcode $mod+19 workspace $ws10
 
 # move focused container to workspace
-bindcode $mod+Shift+10 move container to workspace 1
-bindcode $mod+Shift+11 move container to workspace 2
-bindcode $mod+Shift+12 move container to workspace 3
-bindcode $mod+Shift+13 move container to workspace 4
-bindcode $mod+Shift+14 move container to workspace 5
-bindcode $mod+Shift+15 move container to workspace 6
-bindcode $mod+Shift+16 move container to workspace 7
-bindcode $mod+Shift+17 move container to workspace 8
-bindcode $mod+Shift+18 move container to workspace 9
-bindcode $mod+Shift+19 move container to workspace 10
+bindcode $mod+Shift+10 move container to workspace $ws1
+bindcode $mod+Shift+11 move container to workspace $ws2
+bindcode $mod+Shift+12 move container to workspace $ws3
+bindcode $mod+Shift+13 move container to workspace $ws4
+bindcode $mod+Shift+14 move container to workspace $ws5
+bindcode $mod+Shift+15 move container to workspace $ws6
+bindcode $mod+Shift+16 move container to workspace $ws7
+bindcode $mod+Shift+17 move container to workspace $ws8
+bindcode $mod+Shift+18 move container to workspace $ws9
+bindcode $mod+Shift+19 move container to workspace $ws10
 
 # reload the configuration file
 bindcode $mod+Shift+54 reload