man/i3-input.man: Add description of options and improve examples.
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i3-input(1)
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i3-input(1)
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Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
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Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
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v4.1, September 2011
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v4.1.2, April 2012
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== NAME
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== NAME
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== DESCRIPTION
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== DESCRIPTION
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i3-input is a tool to take commands (or parts of a command) composed by
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i3-input is a tool to take commands (or parts of a command) composed by
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the user, and send it/them to i3. This is useful, for example, for the
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the user, and send it/them to i3 (unles the user hits Escape before inputing <limit> characters.
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mark/goto command.
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This is useful, for example, for the mark/goto command.
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The -F option takes a format string. In this string, every occurence of %s is
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== OPTIONS
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replaced by the user input.
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== EXAMPLE
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-s <socket>::
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Specify a path to an IPC socket for comunication with i3.
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-F <format>::
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Every occurence of "%s" in the <format> string is replaced by the user input,
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and the result is sent to i3 as a command. Default value is "%s".
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-l <limit>::
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Set the maximum allowed length of the user input to <limit> characters.
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i3-input will automatically issues the command as if the user hit Return
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when the user input length reaches that value.
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-P <prompt>::
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Display the <prompt> string in front of user input text field.
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The prompt string is not included in the user input/command.
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-f <font>::
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Use specified X11 font.
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-v::
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Show version and exit without issuing any commands.
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== EXAMPLES
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Mark a container with a single character:
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i3-input -F 'mark %s' -l 1 -P 'Mark: '
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i3-input -F 'mark %s' -l 1 -P 'Mark: '
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Go to the container marked with above example:
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i3-input -F '[con_mark="%s"] focus' -l 1 -P 'Go to: '
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== ENVIRONMENT
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== ENVIRONMENT
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=== I3SOCK
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=== I3SOCK
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