Extends i3 to support gLinux setup

Disables i3-gaps code temporarily until I get a proper installation
working.

Formats existing code to prefer alignment of text across similar,
adjacent definitions.

Defines new KBDs for screenlocking, music player controls, volume
controls.

Defines a rough manifesto of KBDs and the reasoning behind some choices.

1 files changed, 120 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/configs/linux/misc/.config/i3/config b/configs/linux/misc/.config/i3/config
index 33505dcbdaa1..2f151f8e1de2 100644
--- a/configs/linux/misc/.config/i3/config
+++ b/configs/linux/misc/.config/i3/config
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 set $mod Mod1
 
+# Keymapping philosophy:
+# When I feel it's appropriate, I try to borrow existing KBDs from OSX or
+# Windows. For example, I use Ctrl+Alt+Del to start the screen lock, since this
+# is a really well-known KBD. One notable difference is that when I'm borrowing
+# OSX KBDs, I prefer using Alt instead of Super since the keyboard that I'm
+# using has the Alt key in the same location as the Super key on my mac
+# keyboard. I could rebind this, and I just may. But for now, that's worth
+# pointing out.
+# The reason behind borrowing from Windows and OSX is that some of these
+# keybindings are hardwired into my muscle memory. I also tend to work between
+# Linux and OSX quite often. Since OSX is much more difficult to remap KBDs
+# than it is in Linux, I prefer to support the OSX KBDs to reduce the number of
+# KBDs my feeble memory needs to store.
+
 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
 # is used in the bar {} block below.
 font pango:monospace 8
@@ -8,27 +22,76 @@ font pango:monospace 8
 floating_modifier $mod
 
 # gaps
-gaps inner 20
-gaps outer 0
-smart_gaps on
+# gaps inner 20
+# gaps outer 0
+# smart_gaps on
+
+# KBD Principles:
+# $mod+Ctrl+<app_char>       = starting an application vertically
+# $mod+Ctrl+Shift+<app_char> = starting an application horizontally
+# where <app_char> is a reserved character for a commonly used application.
+#
+# <app_char> definitions:
+# terminal = t, Return
+# emacs    = e
+# chrome   = c
+# spotify  = s
+#
+# Vertical
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+t            split v; exec gnome-terminal
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Return       split v; exec gnome-terminal
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+e            split v; exec emacs
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+c            split v; exec google-chrome
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+s            split v; exec spotify
+# Horizontal
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+t      split h; exec gnome-terminal
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+Return split h; exec gnome-terminal
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+e      split h; exec emacs
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+c      split h; exec google-chrome
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Shift+s      split h; exec spotify
 
 # audio controls
-bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 +5%
-bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 -5%
-bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute 0 toggle
+bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 +10%   # MBP Volume Up
+bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 -10%   # MBP Volume Down
+bindsym XF86AudioMute        exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute   0 toggle # MBP Mute
+bindsym F12                  exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 2 +10%   # same Fn keys as MBP
+bindsym F11                  exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 2 -10%   # same Fn keys as MBP
+bindsym F10                  exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute   2 toggle # same Fn keys as MBP
 
 # screen brightness controls
 bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp   exec light -A 10
 bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown exec light -U 10
 
 # ensure wallpaper
-exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-scale ~/pictures/blurred.jpg
+exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-scale ~/Pictures/cartoon-outdoors.jpg
+
+# ensure system service that run through XDG start
+exec dex -ae i3
 
-# start a terminal
-bindsym $mod+Return exec terminator
+# rofi window, workspace settings
+bindsym Mod4+space exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop --dmenu='rofi -i -dmenu -width 40 -lines 8'
+bindsym $mod+space exec "rofi -show run"
+bindsym $mod+w     exec "rofi -show window"
+bindsym $mod+b     exec "rofi -show Workspace"
+
+# music player kbds
+bindsym F9 exec --no-startup-id playerctl next       # same Fn keys as MBP
+bindsym F8 exec --no-startup-id playerctl play-pause # same Fn keys as MBP
+bindsym F7 exec --no-startup-id playerctl previous   # same Fn keys as MBP
+
+# Screenshot
+bindsym Ctrl+Print   exec scrot  ~/Pictures/screenshots/%b-%d-%Y_%T.png          # Windows style
+# TODO: debug
+bindsym $mod+Print   exec scrot --focused ~/Pictures/screenshots/%b-%d-%Y_%T.png # Windows style
+bindsym $mod+Shift+3 exec scrot ~/Pictures/screenshots/%b-%d-%Y_%T.png           # OSX style
+# TODO: debug
+bindsym $mod+Shift+4 exec scrot --select ~/Pictures/screenshots/%b-%d-%Y_%T.png  # OSX style
+
+# online documentation
+bindsym $mod+Shift+slash exec google-chrome https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html
 
 # no title bars
-for_window [class="^.*"] border pixel 3
+for_window [class="^.*"] border pixel 2
 
 # disable mouse hover focus
 focus_follows_mouse no
@@ -36,17 +99,15 @@ focus_follows_mouse no
 # kill focused window
 bindsym $mod+q exec ~/.config/i3/i3-and-emacs quit
 
-# start dmenu (a program launcher)
-bindsym Mod4+space exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop --dmenu='rofi -i -dmenu -width 40 -lines 8'
-
 # GTK Themes
 exec --no-startup-id gnome-settings-daemon
 
 # wireless selection mechanism
 exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
 
-# lock the screen
-bindsym $mod+Shift+o exec "gnome-screensaver-command --lock "
+# lock the screen (Window's famous Ctrl-Alt-Delete)
+bindsym $mod+Ctrl+Delete exec "/usr/share/goobuntu-desktop-files/xsecurelock.sh"
+bindsym $mod+Shift+q     exec "/usr/share/goobuntu-desktop-files/xsecurelock.sh"
 
 # sound applet
 exec --no-startup-id gnome-sound-applet
@@ -61,14 +122,10 @@ bindsym $mod+k exec ~/.config/i3/i3-and-emacs up
 bindsym $mod+l exec ~/.config/i3/i3-and-emacs right
 
 # move focused window
-bindsym $mod+Shift+h move left
-bindsym $mod+Shift+j move down
-bindsym $mod+Shift+k move up
-bindsym $mod+Shift+l move right
-
-# split in vertical orientation
-bindsym $mod+v split v
-bindsym $mod+Shift+v split h
+bindsym $mod+Shift+h move left  100
+bindsym $mod+Shift+j move down  100
+bindsym $mod+Shift+k move up    100
+bindsym $mod+Shift+l move right 100
 
 # enable duplicating the current window vertically or horizontally
 # bindsym $mod+- split v exec terminator
@@ -79,32 +136,35 @@ bindsym $mod+z fullscreen toggle
 
 # change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split)
 bindsym $mod+s layout stacking
-bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed
+bindsym $mod+t layout tabbed
 bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split
 
 # toggle tiling / floating
-bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle
+bindsym $mod+Shift+f floating toggle
+
+# toggle stickiness
+bindsym $mod+Shift+s sticky toggle
 
 # change focus between tiling / floating windows
-bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle
+bindsym $mod+f focus mode_toggle
 
 # focus the parent container
 bindsym $mod+a focus parent
 
 # Define names for default workspaces for which we configure key bindings later on.
 # We use variables to avoid repeating the names in multiple places.
-set $ws1 "1"
-set $ws2 "2"
-set $ws3 "3"
-set $ws4 "4"
-set $ws5 "5"
-set $ws6 "6"
-set $ws7 "7"
-set $ws8 "8"
-set $ws9 "9"
+set $ws1  "1"
+set $ws2  "2"
+set $ws3  "3"
+set $ws4  "4"
+set $ws5  "5"
+set $ws6  "6"
+set $ws7  "7"
+set $ws8  "8"
+set $ws9  "9"
 set $ws10 "10"
 
-# switch to workspace
+# jump to workspace
 bindsym $mod+1 workspace $ws1
 bindsym $mod+2 workspace $ws2
 bindsym $mod+3 workspace $ws3
@@ -116,44 +176,48 @@ bindsym $mod+8 workspace $ws8
 bindsym $mod+9 workspace $ws9
 bindsym $mod+0 workspace $ws10
 
-# move focused container to workspace
-bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1
-bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2
-bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3
-bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4
-bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5
-bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6
-bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7
-bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8
-bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9
-bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws10
+# move and follow focused container to workspace
+bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace $ws1;  workspace $ws1
+bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace $ws2;  workspace $ws2
+# bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace $ws3;  workspace $ws3 # commented out to support screenshot KBD
+# bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace $ws4;  workspace $ws4 # commented out to support screenshot KBD
+bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace $ws5;  workspace $ws5
+bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace $ws6;  workspace $ws6
+bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace $ws7;  workspace $ws7
+bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace $ws8;  workspace $ws8
+bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace $ws9;  workspace $ws9
+bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace $ws10; workspace $ws10
 
 # reload the configuration file
 bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload
 # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session)
 bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -b 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3-msg exit'"
-# lock screen
-bindsym $mod+Control+BackSpace exec "i3lock -c 232423"
 # implemented a sleeping KBD
 # sudo pm-suspend
 
 # resize window (you can also use the mouse for that)
 mode "resize" {
-        bindsym h resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym h resize shrink width  10 px or 10 ppt
         bindsym j resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym k resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym l resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt
-        bindsym Return mode "default"
-        bindsym Caps_Lock mode "default"
+        bindsym k resize grow   height 10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym l resize grow   width  10 px or 10 ppt
+        bindsym Return       mode "default"
+        bindsym Caps_Lock    mode "default"
         bindsym $mod+Shift+r mode "default"
 }
-
 bindsym $mod+Shift+r mode "resize"
+# NOTE: this eclipses the restart kbd, so rebind that to something useful
+bindsym $mod+r restart
 
 # Colors
-set $foreground #e60053
+set $foreground #8cffa9
 set $background #dfdfdf
 
 # window borders
 # Format:      border      background  text        indicator   child_border
 client.focused $foreground $background $foreground $foreground $foreground
+
+bar {
+    status_command i3status
+    position top
+}