They're using sway/i3. I don't understand why they're doing it like that when sway/i3 already has support for modes. They could have just done something like t

They're using sway/i3. I don't understand why they're doing it like that when sway/i3 already has support for modes. They could have just done something like this in the sway/i3 config: mode "normal" { bindsym i mode "default" bindsym q kill bindsym y exec volchange -5 bindsym u exec volchange +5 bindsym o exec brightness -200 bindsym p exec brightness +200 bindsym w exec mpc prev bindsym e exec mpc toggle bindsym r exec mpc next ... } bindsym $mod+c mode "normal" EDIT: I've realized their method has the benefit of working with other window managers that don't support modes or on-the-fly reconfiguration.