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 ====== I<3wm ======
 ==== Motivation ====
 There are lot of windows managers and graphical interfaces. Those used in standart Linux distros are quite usable (most of them) and customizable. MacOS X GUI sux, Windows GUI sux a lot. i3wm is one those you will love if you have a need to have it lightweight, customizable and have at least one evening to discover all the posibilities. We are using i3wm for some time and have a tips and reasons why we love it. This page is intended to be a yet another one place to exchange cool tips on i3wm customizations.
-==== tips'n'tricks ====
+==== Looking for distraction-free desktop environment? ====
-=== Switch keyboard layout per window ===
-== proper Xorg way with a layout flag on each window ==
+Using one shortcut any window could be made **fullscreen**.
+~/.i3/config
+<code bash>
+# enter fullscreen mode for the focused container
+bindsym $mod+f fullscreen
+</code>
+Using dunst as your notification daemon (software that generates notification bubbles to your desktop environment) you can pause/unpause dunst by sending proper signal. Therefore you'll create a time frame free of distracting notifications.
+<code bash>
+## stop dunst notifications
+/usr/bin/pkill -u "${USER}" -SIGUSR1 dunst
+## stop dunst notifications
+/usr/bin/pkill -u "${USER}" -SIGUSR1 dunst
+</code>
+==== Handfull applets ====
+  * Bluetooth connectivty: /usr/bin/blueman-applet
+  * Clipboard history: /usr/bin/glipper
+  * Volume: /usr/bin/pasystray
+  * Time tracking: /usr/bin/hamster-indicator
+  * Simple Notification daemon: /usr/bin/dunst
+  * remove idle cursor image from screen: /usr/bin/unclutter
+  * Keyboard layout indicator: /usr/bin/xxkb
+  * Nagios monitoring: /usr/bin/nagstamon
+  * Multiple screens: /usr/local/bin/arandr-applet
+==== Switch keyboard layout per window proper Xorg way with a layout flag on each window ====
   * keyboard layouts will be switched on per window basis
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 </code>
-<code bash ~/.i3/config>
+~/.i3/config
+<code bash>
 exec_always --no-startup-id xxkb
 exec_always --no-startup-id /usr/bin/setxkbmap -layout "us,cz" -option "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
 </code>
-<code bash ~/.xxkbrc>
+~/.xxkbrc
+<code bash>
 XXkb.image.path: /usr/share/xxkb/
 XXkb.mainwindow.type: tray
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 </code>
-Never ever use "setxkbmap cz && setxkbmap us" or you will broke the setup.
+Never ever use "setxkbmap cz && setxkbmap us" from command line or you will broke the setup. In case it happened re-run the whole setxkbmap command with all options from i3 config (see above). There You fixed it!
+==== Desktop screenshots ====
-=== Desktop screenshots ===
   * PrintScreen to take a screenshot and open it via gimp for the subsequent editation
   * PrintScreen+Shift for silent screenshots
-<code bash ~/.i3/config>
+~/.i3/config
+<code bash>
 # scrot & gimp - root
 bindsym Print exec scrot 'screen-%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S_$wx$h.png' -e 'mv $f ~/screenshots/ && gimp ~/screenshots/$f'
 # scrot & gimp - select window or rectangle
 bindsym Shift+Print exec scrot 'screen-%Y-%m-%H:%M:%S-%d_$wx$h.png' -s -e 'mv $f ~/screenshots/ && gimp ~/screenshots/$f'
 </code>
-=== Transparent windows ===
+==== Transparent windows ====
-<code bash ~/.i3/config>
-# transparency control
+Compton is an compositor for X server. I've choose to use "," and "." keys to control transparency of the currently focused window, because on US keyboard there are "<" and ">" characters on the same physical keys.
-bindsym $mod+period exec /usr/bin/compton-trans -w $(xprop -root 32x '\t$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) -o +5
+~/.i3/config
+<code bash>
+# transparency control
+bindsym $mod+period exec /usr/bin/compton-trans -w $(xprop -root 32x 't$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) -o +5
 bindsym $mod+comma exec /usr/bin/compton-trans -w $(xprop -root 32x '\t$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) -o -5
 exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/compton -b -CG
 </code>