Configuration of Oxide msg

Synopsis

oxide-msg [-h] | [-v] | [-c command] [-a argument]

Description

The oxide-msg is an IPC command tool allowing querying and messaging to Oxide via the commandline.

Options

-a, –argument [ARGUMENT]

arguments to specify command behavior

-c, –command [WM_COMMAND]

window manager commands

-h, –help

output help message and exit

-v, –version

output version information and exit

WM commands (WM_COMMAND)

Move -a [MOVEMENT]

move window

Focus -a [MOVEMENT]

move focus

Quit

quit the window manager

Kill

kill the currently focused window

Restart

reloads the config and restarts components

Layout -a [LAYOUT]

change the current layout

GoToWorkspace -a [WORKSPACE_ARGS]

change the current workspace

MoveToWorkspace -a [WORKSPACE_ARGS]

move the focused window to a different workspace

MoveToWorkspaceAndFollow -a [WORKSPACE_ARGS]

move the focused window to and select a different workspace

Exec -a [COMMAND]

execute a given command

Fullscreen

toggle fullscreen mode for the focused window

Movement (MOVEMENT)

Left

moves to the left

Right

moves to the right

Layout (LAYOUT)

Vertical

windows vertically next to each other

Horizontal

windows horizontally underneath each other

None

if no argument is provided, the next layout is chosen

Workspace arguments (WORKSPACE_ARGS)

Next

Next initialized workspace with a higher index than the current workspace. If the workspace with the highest index is selected, the index with the lowest index will be selected.

Previous

Next initialized workspace with a lower index than the current workspace. If the workspace with the lowest index is selected, the index with the highest index will be selected.

Next_free

Next available workspace with which is not initialized. Gaps in the workspace indices are filled first.

Index

workspace with the given index

Examples

cargo run -p oxide-msg -- -c "exec" -a "kitty"
cargo run -p oxide-msg -- --command "kill"

Bugs

Please open an issue https://github.com/DHBW-FN/OxideWM/issues .