@@ -4,18 +4,28 @@ import sys

 import subprocess

 import json

-I3_GET    = ['i3-msg', '-t', 'get_workspaces']

-I3_RENAME = ['i3-msg', 'rename', 'workspace', 'to']

+FILTER        = sys.argv[1:]

+I3_WORKSPACES = ['i3-msg', '-t', 'get_workspaces']

+I3_RENAME     = ['i3-msg', 'rename', 'workspace', 'to']

+ESCAPE        = [

+    ['\\', '\\\\'],

+    ['"',  '\\"' ],

+]

-def get():

-    for workspace in json.loads(subprocess.check_output(I3_GET)):

+def run(*args):

+    return subprocess.check_output(args, text=True).strip()

+

+def name():

+    for workspace in json.loads(run(*I3_WORKSPACES)):

         if workspace['focused']:

             return workspace['name']

 def filter(value):

-    return subprocess.check_output([*sys.argv[1:], value])

+    return run(*FILTER, value)

 def rename(value):

-    subprocess.call([*I3_RENAME, value])

+    for old, new in ESCAPE:

+        value.replace(old, new)

+    run(*I3_RENAME, f'"{value}"')

-rename(filter(get()))

+rename(filter(name()))

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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@

+#!/usr/bin/env python3

+

+import sys

+import subprocess

+import json

+

+I3_GET    = ['i3-msg', '-t', 'get_workspaces']

+I3_RENAME = ['i3-msg', 'rename', 'workspace', 'to']

+

+def get():

+    for workspace in json.loads(subprocess.check_output(I3_GET)):

+        if workspace['focused']:

+            return workspace['name']

+

+def filter(value):

+    return subprocess.check_output([*sys.argv[1:], value])

+

+def rename(value):

+    subprocess.call([*I3_RENAME, value])

+

+rename(filter(get()))