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~/.config/i3/config: # emacsclient set $em_daemon ~/.local/bin/em # make a quick launcher for specific things I do all the time bindsym $mod+o mode "s

~/.config/i3/config: # emacsclient set $em_daemon ~/.local/bin/em # make a quick launcher for specific things I do all the time bindsym $mod+o mode "spotlight" mode "spotlight" { ## specific files in a new emacs buffer # dired in home bindsym d exec $em_daemon ~/; mode "default" # ibuffer bindsym e exec $em_daemon --eval "(ibuffer)"; mode "default" # # guaranteed new scratch buffer bindsym s exec $em_daemon --eval '(switch-to-buffer (format-time-string "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S"))'; mode "default" ## common binaries bindsym f exec firefox ; mode "default" bindsym h exec --no-startup-id zeal ; mode "default" bindsym j exec --no-startup-id ~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/bin/jetbrains-toolbox ; mode "default" bindsym m exec --no-startup-id mendeley ; mode "default" bindsym k exec --no-startup-id keepassxc ; mode "default" ## special launchers # ipython bindsym i exec zsh -c '$alacritty -e ~/.local/pipx/venvs/ipython/bin/ipython'; mode "default" # app switcher bindsym a exec "rofi -show window -show-icons -theme gruvbox-dark-hard.rasi"; mode "default" ## just in case we did this by mistake bindsym Escape mode "default" }

bvrmn 4y ago
This. It makes more sense to bind apps to homerow keys with some chain or modificator to "snipe" often-used applications instead of F-keys.
- seanw444 4y ago
  More of a mnemonic in my case, not just homerow, but yeah launching frequented apps has never been more fluid than when I switched to my tiling WM.
  - perihelions 4y ago
    You can also get most of this configuration-free in Gnome. [Super] key switches to a spotlight context; one alphabetic letter focuses the most frequently used app with that prefix; and [Enter] key launches it without prompt.
- codethief 4y ago
  Not if you suffer from RSI and you want to use as few key strokes as possible. I really don't understand this trend towards minimalist keyboards. I want more keys, not fewer. I mean, a pianist also doesn't put everything on their home row.
  - aendruk 4y ago
    Funny, RSI of a different kind is what pushed me to a minimalist keyboard. I pay the cost of increased complexity to avoid the strain of reaching distant keys.
    - codethief 4y ago
      That I do understand. But, for instance, I reach for my F keys with my entire hand, not by doing funny & painful movements with my fingers.
UI_at_80x24 4y ago
I like what you've done. Here's a snippet from my i3 that I use atleast 5 times a day: #generate password "pwgen -sy 32" and send to clipboard (uses s to generate more symbols) Also, the NEWLINE is stripped from the end. [tr -d '\n'] bindsym $mod+F12 exec "pwgen -sy 32 1 | tr -d '\n' | xclip"
JasonFruit 4y ago
Exactly what I came in to say: why reach for a function key when you have ~26 good letters and a bunch of modifiers right under your fingers?
deafpolygon 4y ago
I like the mode idea, wonder if I can get an equivalent in KDE.
- I_complete_me 4y ago
  Maybe checkout https://vickychijwani.me/blazing-fast-application-switching-in-linux/ https://vickychijwani.me/blazing-fast-application-switching-.... Personally I use jumpapp which does more or less the same thing. https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp.
  - deafpolygon 4y ago
    I meant for example, if I hit Meta+o then I could press any single key after that.. i.e. 't' for terminal, 'f' for file manager, 'b' for browser. KDE doesn't support that, as far as I know.. nothing built in, anyways.
    - I_complete_me 4y ago
      True nothing fully built in. With jumpapp installed though and adding Custom Shortcuts, I have the following: Alt B --> Browser (eg Firefox) Alt K --> Konsole Alt T --> Thunderbird Alt Z --> zim Alt D --> doom jumpapp will open the app if it is not open and switch to it if it is open. It's way to handy to forgo IMHO. But jumpapp is a dependency, true.
agumonkey 4y ago
lovely, I never thought of using emacsclient as a global wm entrypoint ps: I think I need to write an i3-whichkey that displays the current set of bindings because I often forget my own config :)
- codemac 4y ago
  wait until you find out about exwm
  - agumonkey 4y ago
    Oh I know about it, I'm just willingly not reading more as I'm already lagging behind :D
yesbut 4y ago
This is what I was thinking. Someone needs to introduce the OP author to a tiling window manager.
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bvrmn 4y ago

This. It makes more sense to bind apps to homerow keys with some chain or modificator to "snipe" often-used applications instead of F-keys.

seanw444 4y ago
More of a mnemonic in my case, not just homerow, but yeah launching frequented apps has never been more fluid than when I switched to my tiling WM.
- perihelions 4y ago
  You can also get most of this configuration-free in Gnome. [Super] key switches to a spotlight context; one alphabetic letter focuses the most frequently used app with that prefix; and [Enter] key launches it without prompt.
codethief 4y ago
Not if you suffer from RSI and you want to use as few key strokes as possible. I really don't understand this trend towards minimalist keyboards. I want more keys, not fewer. I mean, a pianist also doesn't put everything on their home row.
- aendruk 4y ago
  Funny, RSI of a different kind is what pushed me to a minimalist keyboard. I pay the cost of increased complexity to avoid the strain of reaching distant keys.
  - codethief 4y ago
    That I do understand. But, for instance, I reach for my F keys with my entire hand, not by doing funny & painful movements with my fingers.

UI_at_80x24 4y ago

I like what you've done. Here's a snippet from my i3 that I use atleast 5 times a day: #generate password "pwgen -sy 32" and send to clipboard (uses s to generate more symbols) Also, the NEWLINE is stripped from the end. [tr -d '\n'] bindsym $mod+F12 exec "pwgen -sy 32 1 | tr -d '\n' | xclip"

JasonFruit 4y ago

Exactly what I came in to say: why reach for a function key when you have ~26 good letters and a bunch of modifiers right under your fingers?

deafpolygon 4y ago

I like the mode idea, wonder if I can get an equivalent in KDE.

I_complete_me 4y ago
Maybe checkout https://vickychijwani.me/blazing-fast-application-switching-in-linux/ https://vickychijwani.me/blazing-fast-application-switching-.... Personally I use jumpapp which does more or less the same thing. https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp https://github.com/mkropat/jumpapp.
- deafpolygon 4y ago
  I meant for example, if I hit Meta+o then I could press any single key after that.. i.e. 't' for terminal, 'f' for file manager, 'b' for browser. KDE doesn't support that, as far as I know.. nothing built in, anyways.
  - I_complete_me 4y ago
    True nothing fully built in. With jumpapp installed though and adding Custom Shortcuts, I have the following: Alt B --> Browser (eg Firefox) Alt K --> Konsole Alt T --> Thunderbird Alt Z --> zim Alt D --> doom jumpapp will open the app if it is not open and switch to it if it is open. It's way to handy to forgo IMHO. But jumpapp is a dependency, true.

agumonkey 4y ago

lovely, I never thought of using emacsclient as a global wm entrypoint ps: I think I need to write an i3-whichkey that displays the current set of bindings because I often forget my own config :)

codemac 4y ago
wait until you find out about exwm
- agumonkey 4y ago
  Oh I know about it, I'm just willingly not reading more as I'm already lagging behind :D

yesbut 4y ago

This is what I was thinking. Someone needs to introduce the OP author to a tiling window manager.

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