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  3. 0i3-gaps.sh
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Robert Cranston authored on 06/06/2026 11:06:46
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 i3 &
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-I3_PID="$!"
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+i3_pid="$!"
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-while ! [ -e "/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.$I3_PID" ]
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+# TODO: We still get the error:
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+#   i3: Could not mkdir(/run/user/1000/i3): File exists
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+#   i3: Check permissions of $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR = '/run/user/1000'
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+# sometimes. Look into it. Might be fixed in new version? We often shut down
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+# with a manual `systemctl poweroff` from within i3 (i.e. while it's still
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+# running), might that be the problem?
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+
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+# Spinlock until `i3` has initialized the IPC socket and set the
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+# `I3_SOCKET_PATH` property of the X11 root window that other xsession programs
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+# might require. If `i3` fails for some reason, retrieve its exit code and exit
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+# ourselves with it.
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+# <https://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html>
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+while ! i3 --get-socketpath > '/dev/null'
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 do
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-  if ! [ "$(ps -p "$I3_PID" -o pid=)" ]
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+  # TODO: If the last started background job (`%%`, i.e. `i3 &`) exited (`!
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+  # jobs %%`) we want to get its exit status (`wait %%`). This seems to not be
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+  # the way to do it though, since in the case where the job did exit, the
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+  # `wait %%` gives "wait: No current job". Do some research, it must be
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+  # possible to get the exit status of the last started job. Would it work to
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+  # just use `$i3_pid` instead of `%%`?
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+  if ! jobs %% > '/dev/null' 2>&1
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   then
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-    wait "$I3_PID"
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+    wait %%
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     exit $?
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   fi
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 done
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+
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+# while ! i3 --get-socketpath > '/dev/null'
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+# do
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+#   if ! kill -0 "$i3_pid" > '/dev/null' 2>&1
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+#   then
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+#     wait "$i3_pid"
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+#     exit $?
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+#   fi
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+# done
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+
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+# while ! [ -e "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-"/run/user/$(id -u)"}/i3/ipc-socket.$i3_pid" ]
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+# do
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+#   if ! [ "$(ps -p "$i3_pid" -o pid=)" ]
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+#   then
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+#     wait "$i3_pid"
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+#     exit $?
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+#   fi
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+# done
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Robert Cranston authored on 06/06/2026 11:06:38
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 i3 &
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 I3_PID="$!"
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-# Running `i3 --get-socketpath` seems to interfere with the startup of the `i3`
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-# running in the background.
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-# while ! i3 --get-socketpath > '/dev/null'
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-while ! [ -e '/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.'* ]
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+while ! [ -e "/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.$I3_PID" ]
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 do
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   if ! [ "$(ps -p "$I3_PID" -o pid=)" ]
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   then
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Robert Cranston authored on 13/02/2022 02:03:57
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+i3 &
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+I3_PID="$!"
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+
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+# Running `i3 --get-socketpath` seems to interfere with the startup of the `i3`
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+# running in the background.
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+# while ! i3 --get-socketpath > '/dev/null'
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+while ! [ -e '/run/user/1000/i3/ipc-socket.'* ]
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+do
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+  if ! [ "$(ps -p "$I3_PID" -o pid=)" ]
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+  then
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+    wait "$I3_PID"
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+    exit $?
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+  fi
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+done