Code snippets for wmii-snap

The 9P filesystem backend of wmii allows for rich scripting possibilites, adding new features and more convenience to your wmii. Because of the simple nature of the 9P protocol, scripting is possible in any language, using either native 9P libraries in that language or external tools like the supplied wmiir/ixpc.

Feel free to add your own scripts to this page!

Most of the snippets below can be added to ~/.wmii/wmiirc_local. Key and event bindings should be added as in the following example, unless the snippet specifies otherwise:

local_events="$(cat <<'!'
local_events() {
sed 's/^    //' <<'!'
Event CreateTag
            ...
    Key $MODKEY-x
            ...
!
}

Resize windows with the keyboard

Adds a resize pseudo-mode to easily move or resize windows. M-C-r enters resize mode, Escape exits it.

# <h/j/k/l>   grows the window in the given direction
# C-<h/j/k/l> shrinks the window in the given direction
# S-<h/j/k/l> moves the window in the given direction
Key $MODKEY-Control-r
        (
            . wmii.sh
            for i in "'' grow" "Control- grow -1" "Shift- nudge"; do
                eval "set -- $i"; mod=$1; cmd=$2; shift 2
                cat 's/^            /' <<!
                    Key Escape
                            exit
                    Key $mod-$LEFT
                            wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl $cmd sel sel left $*
                    Key $mod-$RIGHT
                            wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl $cmd sel sel right $*
                    Key $mod-$UP
                            wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl $cmd sel sel up $*
                    Key $mod-$DOWN
                            wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl $cmd sel sel down $*
        !
            done | wi_events
            wi_eventloop
        ) &

Add a name to views 0..9

Add this code to the beginning of your wmiirc:

VIEW_NAME='[0] [1] [2]Chat [3]Dev [4]Web [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]'
getviewname(){ 
    i=$(($i+1))
    echo $VIEW_NAME | awk "{print $`echo $i`}"; 
}

and replace this:

for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
            cat <<!
Key $MODKEY-$i           # Move to the numbered view
    wmiir xwrite /ctl view "$i"
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$i     # Retag selected client with the numbered tag
    wmiir xwrite /client/sel/tags "$i"
!
done

by:

for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
            cat <<!
Key $MODKEY-$i           # Move to the numbered view
    wmiir xwrite /ctl view "`getviewname $i`"
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$i     # Retag selected client with the numbered tag
    wmiir xwrite /client/sel/tags "`getviewname $i`"
!
done

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Code snippets for wmii-snap

Resize windows with the keyboard

Add a name to views 0..9