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Workaround for showing window title in i3 bar
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#!/bin/bash | |
get_temp_ws_name() { | |
i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jshon -a -e name -u | grep -Ev "^[[:digit:]]+$" | |
} | |
old_title=$(get_temp_ws_name) | |
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then | |
i3-msg "workspace temp" | |
i3-sensible-terminal | |
sleep 1 | |
i3-msg "workspace temp" | |
fi | |
coproc xtitle -s | |
while read -r new_title <&${COPROC[0]}; do | |
[ -z "$old_title" ] && old_title=$(get_temp_ws_name) | |
[ -z "$new_title" ] && new_title="No focus" || new_title=$(sed -e "s/&/\&/g" -e "s/\"/“/g" <<< "${new_title}") | |
i3-msg "rename workspace \"${old_title}\" to \"${new_title}\"" | |
old_title="$new_title" | |
done |
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