Better workspace chooser

3 files changed, 581 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/.i3/config b/.i3/config
index 45ce718..000de06 100644
--- a/.i3/config
+++ b/.i3/config
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ bindsym $mod+Tab workspace back_and_forth
 bindsym $mod+Shift+Tab move container to workspace back_and_forth
 
 # goto a specific workspace, via i3-input «3
-bindsym $mod+g exec $nsi i3-input -F 'workspace %s' -P 'Goto workspace: '
-bindsym $mod+Shift+g exec $nsi i3-input -F 'move container to workspace %s' -P 'Goto workspace: '
+bindsym $mod+g exec $nsi $script/workspaces.sh
+bindsym $mod+Shift+g exec $nsi $script/workspaces.sh move
 
 # Resizing «2
 #############
diff --git a/.i3/scripts/i3.py b/.i3/scripts/i3.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48555d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.i3/scripts/i3.py
@@ -0,0 +1,555 @@
+#======================================================================
+# i3 (Python module for communicating with i3 window manager)
+# Copyright (C) 2012  Jure Ziberna
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#======================================================================
+
+
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import json
+import socket
+import struct
+import threading
+import time
+
+ModuleType = type(sys)
+
+
+__author__ = 'Jure Ziberna'
+__version__ = '0.6.5'
+__date__ = '2012-06-20'
+__license__ = 'GNU GPL 3'
+
+
+MSG_TYPES = [
+    'command',
+    'get_workspaces',
+    'subscribe',
+    'get_outputs',
+    'get_tree',
+    'get_marks',
+    'get_bar_config',
+]
+
+EVENT_TYPES = [
+    'workspace',
+    'output',
+]
+
+
+class i3Exception(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class MessageTypeError(i3Exception):
+    """
+    Raised when message type isn't available. See i3.MSG_TYPES.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, type):
+        msg = "Message type '%s' isn't available" % type
+        super(MessageTypeError, self).__init__(msg)
+
+class EventTypeError(i3Exception):
+    """
+    Raised when even type isn't available. See i3.EVENT_TYPES.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, type):
+        msg = "Event type '%s' isn't available" % type
+        super(EventTypeError, self).__init__(msg)
+
+class MessageError(i3Exception):
+    """
+    Raised when a message to i3 is unsuccessful.
+    That is, when it contains 'success': false in its JSON formatted response.
+    """
+    pass
+
+class ConnectionError(i3Exception):
+    """
+    Raised when a socket couldn't connect to the window manager.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, socket_path):
+        msg = "Could not connect to socket at '%s'" % socket_path
+        super(ConnectionError, self).__init__(msg)
+
+
+def parse_msg_type(msg_type):
+    """
+    Returns an i3-ipc code of the message type. Raises an exception if
+    the given message type isn't available.
+    """
+    try:
+        index = int(msg_type)
+    except ValueError:
+        index = -1
+    if index >= 0 and index < len(MSG_TYPES):
+        return index
+    msg_type = str(msg_type).lower()
+    if msg_type in MSG_TYPES:
+        return MSG_TYPES.index(msg_type)
+    else:
+        raise MessageTypeError(msg_type)
+
+def parse_event_type(event_type):
+    """
+    Returns an i3-ipc string of the event_type. Raises an exception if
+    the given event type isn't available.
+    """
+    try:
+        index = int(event_type)
+    except ValueError:
+        index = -1
+    if index >= 0 and index < len(EVENT_TYPES):
+        return EVENT_TYPES[index]
+    event_type = str(event_type).lower()
+    if event_type in EVENT_TYPES:
+        return event_type
+    else:
+        raise EventTypeError(event_type)
+
+
+class Socket(object):
+    """
+    Socket for communicating with the i3 window manager.
+    Optional arguments:
+    - path of the i3 socket. Path is retrieved from i3-wm itself via
+      "i3.get_socket_path()" if not provided.
+    - timeout in seconds
+    - chunk_size in bytes
+    - magic_string as a safety string for i3-ipc. Set to 'i3-ipc' by default.
+    """
+    magic_string = 'i3-ipc'  # safety string for i3-ipc
+    chunk_size = 1024  # in bytes
+    timeout = 0.5  # in seconds
+    buffer = b''  # byte string
+    
+    def __init__(self, path=None, timeout=None, chunk_size=None,
+                 magic_string=None):
+        if not path:
+            path = get_socket_path()
+        self.path = path
+        if timeout:
+            self.timeout = timeout
+        if chunk_size:
+            self.chunk_size = chunk_size
+        if magic_string:
+            self.magic_string = magic_string
+        # Socket initialization and connection
+        self.initialize()
+        self.connect()
+        # Struct format initialization, length of magic string is in bytes
+        self.struct_header = '<%dsII' % len(self.magic_string.encode('utf-8'))
+        self.struct_header_size = struct.calcsize(self.struct_header)
+    
+    def initialize(self):
+        """
+        Initializes the socket.
+        """
+        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.socket.settimeout(self.timeout)
+    
+    def connect(self, path=None):
+        """
+        Connects the socket to socket path if not already connected.
+        """
+        if not self.connected:
+            self.initialize()
+            if not path:
+                path = self.path
+            try:
+                self.socket.connect(path)
+            except socket.error:
+                raise ConnectionError(path)
+    
+    def get(self, msg_type, payload=''):
+        """
+        Convenience method, calls "socket.send(msg_type, payload)" and
+        returns data from "socket.receive()".
+        """
+        self.send(msg_type, payload)
+        return self.receive()
+    
+    def subscribe(self, event_type, event=None):
+        """
+        Subscribes to an event. Returns data on first occurrence.
+        """
+        event_type = parse_event_type(event_type)
+        # Create JSON payload from given event type and event
+        payload = [event_type]
+        if event:
+            payload.append(event)
+        payload = json.dumps(payload)
+        return self.get('subscribe', payload)
+    
+    def send(self, msg_type, payload=''):
+        """
+        Sends the given message type with given message by packing them
+        and continuously sending bytes from the packed message.
+        """
+        message = self.pack(msg_type, payload)
+        # Continuously send the bytes from the message
+        self.socket.sendall(message)
+    
+    def receive(self):
+        """
+        Tries to receive a data. Unpacks the received byte string if
+        successful. Returns None on failure.
+        """
+        try:
+            data = self.socket.recv(self.chunk_size)
+            msg_magic, msg_length, msg_type = self.unpack_header(data)
+            msg_size = self.struct_header_size + msg_length
+            # Keep receiving data until the whole message gets through
+            while len(data) < msg_size:
+                data += self.socket.recv(msg_length)
+            data = self.buffer + data
+            return self.unpack(data)
+        except socket.timeout:
+            return None
+    
+    def pack(self, msg_type, payload):
+        """
+        Packs the given message type and payload. Turns the resulting
+        message into a byte string.
+        """
+        msg_magic = self.magic_string
+        # Get the byte count instead of number of characters
+        msg_length = len(payload.encode('utf-8'))
+        msg_type = parse_msg_type(msg_type)
+        # "struct.pack" returns byte string, decoding it for concatenation
+        msg_length = struct.pack('I', msg_length).decode('utf-8')
+        msg_type = struct.pack('I', msg_type).decode('utf-8')
+        message = '%s%s%s%s' % (msg_magic, msg_length, msg_type, payload)
+        # Encoding the message back to byte string
+        return message.encode('utf-8')
+    
+    def unpack(self, data):
+        """
+        Unpacks the given byte string and parses the result from JSON.
+        Returns None on failure and saves data into "self.buffer".
+        """
+        data_size = len(data)
+        msg_magic, msg_length, msg_type = self.unpack_header(data)
+        msg_size = self.struct_header_size + msg_length
+        # Message shouldn't be any longer than the data
+        if data_size >= msg_size:
+            payload = data[self.struct_header_size:msg_size].decode('utf-8')
+            payload = json.loads(payload)
+            self.buffer = data[msg_size:]
+            return payload
+        else:
+            self.buffer = data
+            return None
+    
+    def unpack_header(self, data):
+        """
+        Unpacks the header of given byte string.
+        """
+        return struct.unpack(self.struct_header, data[:self.struct_header_size])
+    
+    @property
+    def connected(self):
+        """
+        Returns True if connected and False if not.
+        """
+        try:
+            self.get('command')
+            return True
+        except socket.error:
+            return False
+    
+    def close(self):
+        """
+        Closes the socket connection.
+        """
+        self.socket.close()
+
+
+class Subscription(threading.Thread):
+    """
+    Creates a new subscription and runs a listener loop. Calls the
+    callback on event.
+    Example parameters:
+    callback = lambda event, data, subscription: print(data)
+    event_type = 'workspace'
+    event = 'focus'
+    event_socket = <i3.Socket object>
+    data_socket = <i3.Socket object>
+    """
+    subscribed = False
+    type_translation = {
+        'workspace': 'get_workspaces',
+        'output': 'get_outputs'
+    }
+    
+    def __init__(self, callback, event_type, event=None, event_socket=None,
+                 data_socket=None):
+        # Variable initialization
+        if not callable(callback):
+            raise TypeError('Callback must be callable')
+        event_type = parse_event_type(event_type)
+        self.callback = callback
+        self.event_type = event_type
+        self.event = event
+        # Socket initialization
+        if not event_socket:
+            event_socket = Socket()
+        self.event_socket = event_socket
+        self.event_socket.subscribe(event_type, event)
+        if not data_socket:
+            data_socket = Socket()
+        self.data_socket = data_socket
+        # Thread initialization
+        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+        self.start()
+    
+    def run(self):
+        """
+        Wrapper method for the listen method -- handles exceptions.
+        The method is run by the underlying "threading.Thread" object.
+        """
+        try:
+            self.listen()
+        except socket.error:
+            self.close()
+    
+    def listen(self):
+        """
+        Runs a listener loop until self.subscribed is set to False.
+        Calls the given callback method with data and the object itself.
+        If event matches the given one, then matching data is retrieved.
+        Otherwise, the event itself is sent to the callback.
+        In that case 'change' key contains the thing that was changed.
+        """
+        self.subscribed = True
+        while self.subscribed:
+            event = self.event_socket.receive()
+            if not event:  # skip an iteration if event is None
+                continue
+            if not self.event or ('change' in event and event['change'] == self.event):
+                msg_type = self.type_translation[self.event_type]
+                data = self.data_socket.get(msg_type)
+            else:
+                data = None
+            self.callback(event, data, self)
+        self.close()
+    
+    def close(self):
+        """
+        Ends subscription loop by setting self.subscribed to False and
+        closing both sockets.
+        """
+        self.subscribed = False
+        self.event_socket.close()
+        if self.data_socket is not default_socket():
+            self.data_socket.close()
+
+
+def __call_cmd__(cmd):
+    """
+    Returns output (stdout or stderr) of the given command args.
+    """
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:
+        output = error.output
+    output = output.decode('utf-8')  # byte string decoding
+    return output.strip()
+
+
+__socket__ = None
+def default_socket(socket=None):
+    """
+    Returns i3.Socket object, which was initiliazed once with default values
+    if no argument is given.
+    Otherwise sets the default socket to the given socket.
+    """
+    global __socket__
+    if socket and isinstance(socket, Socket):
+        __socket__ = socket
+    elif not __socket__:
+        __socket__ = Socket()
+    return __socket__
+
+
+def msg(type, message=''):
+    """
+    Takes a message type and a message itself.
+    Talks to the i3 via socket and returns the response from the socket.
+    """
+    response = default_socket().get(type, message)
+    return response
+
+
+def __function__(type, message='', *args, **crit):
+    """
+    Accepts a message type, a message. Takes optional args and keyword
+    args which are present in all future calls of the resulting function.
+    Returns a function, which takes arguments and container criteria.
+    If message type was 'command', the function returns success value.
+    """
+    def function(*args2, **crit2):
+        msg_full = ' '.join([message] + list(args)  + list(args2))
+        criteria = dict(crit)
+        criteria.update(crit2)
+        if criteria:
+            msg_full = '%s %s' % (container(**criteria), msg_full)
+        response = msg(type, msg_full)
+        response = success(response)
+        if isinstance(response, i3Exception):
+            raise response
+        return response
+    function.__name__ = type
+    function.__doc__ = 'Message sender (type: %s, message: %s)' % (type, message)
+    return function
+
+
+def subscribe(event_type, event=None, callback=None):
+    """
+    Accepts an event_type and event itself.
+    Creates a new subscription, prints data on every event until
+    KeyboardInterrupt is raised.
+    """
+    if not callback:
+        def callback(event, data, subscription):
+            print('changed:', event['change'])
+            if data:
+                print('data:\n', data)
+    
+    socket = default_socket()
+    subscription = Subscription(callback, event_type, event, data_socket=socket)
+    try:
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(1)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print('')  # force newline
+    finally:
+        subscription.close()
+
+
+def get_socket_path():
+    """
+    Gets the socket path via i3 command.
+    """
+    cmd = ['i3', '--get-socketpath']
+    output = __call_cmd__(cmd)
+    return output
+
+
+def success(response):
+    """
+    Convenience method for filtering success values of a response.
+    Each success dictionary is replaces with boolean value.
+    i3.MessageError is returned if error key is found in any of the
+    success dictionaries.
+    """
+    if isinstance(response, dict) and 'success' in response:
+        if 'error' in response:
+            return MessageError(response['error'])
+        return response['success']
+    elif isinstance(response, list):
+        for index, item in enumerate(response):
+            item = success(item)
+            if isinstance(item, i3Exception):
+                return item
+            response[index] = item
+    return response
+
+
+def container(**criteria):
+    """
+    Turns keyword arguments into a formatted container criteria.
+    """
+    criteria = ['%s="%s"' % (key, val) for key, val in criteria.items()]
+    return '[%s]' % ' '.join(criteria)
+
+
+def parent(con_id, tree=None):
+    """
+    Searches for a parent of a node/container, given the container id.
+    Returns None if no container with given id exists (or if the
+    container is already a root node).
+    """
+    def has_child(node):
+        for child in node['nodes']:
+            if child['id'] == con_id:
+                return True
+        return False
+    parents = filter(tree, has_child)
+    if not parents or len(parents) > 1:
+        return None
+    return parents[0]
+
+ 
+def filter(tree=None, function=None, **conditions):
+    """
+    Filters a tree based on given conditions. For example, to get a list of
+    unfocused windows (leaf nodes) in the current tree:
+      i3.filter(nodes=[], focused=False)
+    The return value is always a list of matched items, even if there's
+    only one item that matches.
+    The user function should take a single node. The function doesn't have
+    to do any dict key or index checking (this is handled by i3.filter
+    internally).
+    """
+    if tree is None:
+        tree = msg('get_tree')
+    elif isinstance(tree, list):
+        tree = {'list': tree}
+    if function:
+        try:
+            if function(tree):
+                return [tree]
+        except (KeyError, IndexError):
+            pass
+    else:
+        for key, value in conditions.items():
+            if key not in tree or tree[key] != value:
+                break
+        else:
+            return [tree]
+    matches = []
+    for nodes in ['nodes', 'floating_nodes', 'list']:
+        if nodes in tree:
+            for node in tree[nodes]:
+                matches += filter(node, function, **conditions)
+    return matches
+
+
+class i3(ModuleType):
+    """
+    i3.py is a Python module for communicating with the i3 window manager.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        self.__module__ = module
+        self.__name__ = module.__name__
+    
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        """
+        Turns a nonexistent attribute into a function.
+        Returns the resulting function.
+        """
+        try:
+            return getattr(self.__module__, name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        if name.lower() in self.__module__.MSG_TYPES:
+            return self.__module__.__function__(type=name)
+        else:
+            return self.__module__.__function__(type='command', message=name)
+
+
+# Turn the module into an i3 object
+sys.modules[__name__] = i3(sys.modules[__name__])
diff --git a/.i3/scripts/workspaces.sh b/.i3/scripts/workspaces.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8151990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.i3/scripts/workspaces.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+cmd=$1
+cwd=${0:h}
+
+workspaces () {
+    python <<EOF
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(1, "$cwd")
+
+import i3
+
+names = sorted(w["name"] for w in i3.get_workspaces())
+print("\n".join(names))
+EOF
+}
+
+selection=`workspaces| dmenu -b`
+if (( ! $? )); then
+    case $cmd in
+        move) i3-msg move container to workspace $selection;;
+        *) i3-msg workspace $selection;;
+    esac
+fi