i3n

i3n is a set of tools I wrote and I use for my favorite window manager: i3. The following tools are currently available:

• i3n-bar: run as i3bar status command and show annotation for each workspace
• i3n: cli tool providing helpers for i3 and used to control i3n-bar

Setup

The fastest and more common way to install i3n is using pip:

pip install i3n

If you use Debian, you can also use Tecknet repositories. Add this line in your /etc/apt/source.list file:

deb http://debian.tecknet.org/debian squeeze tecknet
deb-src http://debian.tecknet.org/debian squeeze tecknet

Add the Tecknet repositories key in your keyring:

# wget http://debian.tecknet.org/debian/public.key -O - | apt-key add -

Then, update and install:

# aptitude update
# aptitude install i3n

Usage

Configure i3bar to use i3nbar as status command, for example:

bar {
    status_command i3n-bar {{ OUTPUT }}
}

{{ OUTPUT }} is the name of your screen as shown in xrandr output.

If you use a multi-monitor setup, configure a bar for each output:

bar {
    OUTPUT DVI-I-1
    status_command i3n-bar DVI-I-1
}

bar {
    OUTPUT DVI-I-2
    status_command i3n-bar DVI-I-2 --slave
}

Note

Only one i3n-bar process should run in master (without --slave argument)

Restart i3 (type i3 restart in a shell). Now you can annotate your workspaces with i3n:

i3n annotate "My annotation"

You can create a shortcut to annotate using zenity:

bindsym $mod+Mod1+space exec i3n annotate "`zenity --entry`"