From 0ee1d473bca0740f14a29e0b0ee7017182c82c53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Atsutane Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:39:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Wrote a short welcome message introducing the default key bindings. --- i3.welcome | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 i3.welcome diff --git a/i3.welcome b/i3.welcome new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ef5282b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/i3.welcome @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Welcome to i3, +This message is simply intended to introduce you to the basics of i3 with it's default configuration. +For further details have a look at the man page or the User's Guide which you can find at: +http://i3.zekjur.net/docs/userguide.html + + +Configuration Files +/etc/i3/config is the default configuration +~/.i3/config is your configuration, it's recommended to copy the default one to this file and modify it. + + +Keybindings for the first steps +The following explanation is related to the QWERTY layout, but as the default configuration uses +keycodes instead of keysymbols for binding, they're still the same keys even with another layout. +The Mod1 key is usually bound to the Alt key at your keyboard. + +Mod1+Enter opens a terminal which is by default urxvt + +Mod1+v starts dmenu + +The directional keys are by default j(left), k(down), l(up) and ;(right). + +Mod1+ moves the focus to the window in the given direction + +Mod1+Shift+ moves the window to the given direction, containers are created on the fly + +Mod1+ opens the corresponding workspace + +Mod1+Shift+ moves a window to the wished workspace + +Mod1+h sets the mode of a container to stacking + +Mod1+e sets the mode back to default + +Mod1+f sets a window to fullscreen and also back to default mode + +Mod1+Shift+Space sets a window into floating mode or back into tiling mode + +Mod1+Shift+q closes a window + +Mod1+Shift+r restarts i3 + +Mod1+Shift+e exits i3 + + +For detailed information about the configuration file syntax, the keybindings which weren't mentioned +here and other features take a look at the User's Guide and the man page. + -- 2.39.5