i3-config-wizard - creates a keysym based config based on your layout

NAME  SYNOPSIS  OPTIONS  FILES  /etc/i3/config.keycodes  DESCRIPTION  SEE ALSO  AUTHOR 

NAME

i3-config-wizard − creates a keysym based config based on your layout

SYNOPSIS

i3−config−wizard [−s socket] [−m modifier] [−v] [−h]

OPTIONS

−s, −−socket socket

Overwrites the path to the i3 IPC socket.

−m, −−modifier modifier

Generates the configuration file headlessly. Accepts win or alt.

−v, −−version

Display version number and exit.

−h, −−help

Display a short help message and exit.

FILES

/etc/i3/config.keycodes

This file contains the default configuration with keycodes. All the bindcode lines will be transformed to bindsym and the user−specified modifier will be used.

DESCRIPTION

i3−config−wizard is started by i3 in its default config, unless ˜/.i3/config exists. i3−config−wizard creates a keysym based i3 config file (based on /etc/i3/config.keycodes) in ˜/.i3/config.

The advantage of using keysyms is that the config file is easy to read, understand and modify. However, if we shipped with a keysym based default config file, the key positions would not be consistent across different keyboard layouts (take for example the homerow for movement). Therefore, we ship with a keycode based default config and let the wizard transform it according to your current keyboard layout.

SEE ALSO

i3(1)

AUTHOR

Michael Stapelberg and contributors


Updated 2024-01-29 - jenkler.se | uex.se