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I3-INPUT(1)			   i3 Manual			   I3-INPUT(1)

NAME
       i3-input - interactively take a command for i3 window manager

SYNOPSIS
       i3-input [-s <socket>] [-F <format>] [-l <limit>] [-P <prompt>] [-f
       <font>] [-v]

DESCRIPTION
       i3-input is a tool to take commands (or parts of a command) composed by
       the user, and send it/them to i3. This is useful, for example, for the
       mark/goto command.

       You can press Escape to close i3-input without sending any commands.

OPTIONS
       -s <socket>
	   Specify the path to the i3 IPC socket (it should not be necessary
	   to use this option, i3-input will figure out the path on its own).

       -F <format>
	   Every occurence of "%s" in the <format> string is replaced by the
	   user input, and the result is sent to i3 as a command. Default
	   value is "%s".

       -l <limit>
	   Set the maximum allowed length of the user input to <limit>
	   characters. i3-input will automatically issue the command when the
	   user input reaches that length.

       -P <prompt>
	   Display the <prompt> string in front of user input text field. The
	   prompt string is not included in the user input/command.

       -f <font>
	   Use the specified X11 core font (use xfontsel to chose a font).

       -v
	   Show version and exit.

EXAMPLES
       Mark a container with a single character:

	   i3-input -F 'mark %s' -l 1 -P 'Mark: '

       Go to the container marked with above example:

	   i3-input -F '[con_mark="%s"] focus' -l 1 -P 'Go to: '

ENVIRONMENT
   I3SOCK
       i3-input handles the different sources of socket paths in the following
       order:

       ·   I3SOCK environment variable

       ·   I3SOCK gets overwritten by the -s parameter, if specified

       ·   if neither are available, i3-input reads the socket path from the
	   X11 property, which is the recommended way

       ·   if everything fails, i3-input tries /tmp/i3-ipc.sock

       The socket path is necessary to connect to i3 and actually issue the
       command.

SEE ALSO
       i3(1)

AUTHOR
       Michael Stapelberg and contributors

i3 4.11				  09/30/2015			   I3-INPUT(1)

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