Re: [i3] How to display in `i3bar` (via `i3status`) the amount of free memory

2015-09-16 Thread Jeff Jibson
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 6:22 AM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun < ciprian.crac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > > The recommended way is to wrap i3status as described in its manpage. > > The whole purpose of `i3status` is that it's lightweight both in te

Re: [i3] Retina/HiDPI: Querying DPI

2014-06-05 Thread Jeff Jibson
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 1:49 AM, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > My question is: does anyone have a strong preference on which of these > we should use? If so, why? > It seems to me that the xrandr --dpi method would be better, especially with laptops where the monitor plugged in varies. I already u

Re: [i3] monitor dependent workspaces

2014-04-13 Thread Jeff Jibson
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Eric Roseman wrote: > Thanks for the input. I tried this and I'm not sure how to switch to > workspaces 11-20. What I'm trying to do is have workspace 1-10 per > monitor, and a mod+2 or mod+3 would focus the #2 or #3 workspace of the > current monitor. > > Thanks,

Re: [i3] RFC: i3-dmenu-desktop

2012-12-11 Thread Jeff Jibson
>> There are 5157 .desktop files on the machine I am using now, though I >> think "only" about 924 are relevant. How long does it take to parse 924 >> files on a slow computer? Probably not that long, but too long for a >> basic user interface element. > I have 130 .desktop files within the relev

[i3] Can I get the current mode?

2012-02-01 Thread Jeff Jibson
How can I get the current mode? I am looking for the mode that is set in the i3 config, i.e. mode "resize." There are a couple of uses I can think of; first, displaying it in the status bar; second, using it within a script. Thanks.

Re: [i3] multiple x sessions

2012-01-24 Thread Jeff Jibson
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 14:34, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > Excerpts from Jeff Jibson's message of 2012-01-23 21:13:08 +: >> I have two x sessions, :0 with two screens and :1 with one screen >> connected by x2x.  Is there a way to jump from one session to the >> other with a keyboa

[i3] multiple x sessions

2012-01-23 Thread Jeff Jibson
I have two x sessions, :0 with two screens and :1 with one screen connected by x2x. Is there a way to jump from one session to the other with a keyboard. The mouse works, but mice are evil ;) I am using: i3 4.1.1 xorg-server 1.11.3 (x11 7.4) x2x 1.27 xf86-video-nouvea 0.0.16_pre2009