i3 – show mapped hotkeys
Here is a simple script that can show you the hotkeys bound in ~/.config/i3/config :
#!/bin/bash -
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# FILE: i3-showkeys.sh
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# USAGE: ./i3-showkeys.sh
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# DESCRIPTION:
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# OPTIONS: ---
# REQUIREMENTS: ---
# BUGS: ---
# NOTES: ---
# AUTHOR: Amit Agarwal (aka)
# ORGANIZATION: Individual
# CREATED: 11/26/2019 14:22
# Last modified: Tue Nov 26, 2019 02:43PM
# REVISION: ---
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set -o nounset # Treat unset variables as an error
> /tmp/keys
cd ~/.config/i3
grep '^bindsym $mod' config|grep -v '^#'|grep -v 'move container to'|grep -v 'workspace $ws'|sed 's/bindsym //'|grep -v '='|while read key line
do
printf "%20s\t?\t%s\n" "$key" "$line" >> /tmp/keys
done
xterm -e "cat /tmp/keys; read -p 'press any key to continue'"
rm -f /tmp/keys
And once this is done, you can bind the script in i3 config like this:
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