i3cm

A tool for managing/merging i3wm configs.

Barely usable so far. It is cabable of parsing and merging my personal config but there are still a LOT of commands not implemented. Its very likely that you will get a "Unexpected Token" error on your config

Why?

Well for me its quite simple. I have a Desktop and a Laptop, both run i3. About 80% of the config is the same and I want to have this part in some kind of "base config". The other 20% are different (font size, spacing, etc.). These settings should be in separate config files. Now I want to be able to generate a config for my specific target with the press of a button.

Why not just copy paste?

Sometimes I want to define a specific command in my base config but overwrite it in a more specific config. To be able to do this the tool needs to understand the structure of i3wm configs. A simple copy and paste would have unintended Side effects.

Usage

Configs are parsed left to right. Left being the most generic/basic configuration. The more you go to the right the more specific the configs get. Every config to the right gets applied on the config to the left.

i3cm <base_config> <more specific config> <even more specific config> <... etc>

Contributors

• Simerax - creator and maintainer