Session environments for i3

For collecting bash, vim, ipython and other sessions into projects, and loading them through i3 hotkeys, dmenu, etc.

Install

Note: Sessions are saved as directories in $HOME/utils/sessions/

Put all files in the folder $HOME/utils/sessions

Put executables in path. Bash command to do so: $ for x in start_session sessionized_bash vimstart project_launcher; do sudo ln -s $HOME/utils/sessions/$x /usr/bin/$x; done ##TODO chmod +x $x also?

Usage

$ start_session my_session_name

This brings up vim with a file where you can put your setup commands. For instance, cd to the directory you want to work in or source a virtualenv.

After saving that

$ project_launcher

This launches dmenu with all of the sessions that have been created. Choosing an option writes to sessionvar.sh which sets the environment variable $PATHTOSESSION which sessionized_bash imports.

$ sessionized_bash git clone https://balh/balh.git

Regardless of where you are, sessionized_bash will execute something after running the setup commands, so this repository will be cloned into the main directory of the session.

change .i3/config

launch a sessionless terminal

bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal

launch the session chooser

bindsym $mod+Ctrl+d exec project_launcher

sessionized_bash will execute whatever you give it as an argument

bindsym $mod+i exec i3-sensible-terminal -e bash -c "sessionized_bash ipython"

Vim requires a special envocation

bindsym $mod+u exec i3-sensible-terminal -e bash -c "vimstart"

When launching an interactive bash session, sessionized_bash is the rcfile

bindsym $mod+t exec i3-sensible-terminal -e bash --rcfile /usr/bin/sessionized_bash

keep track of current session on the status bar

bar {
        status_command i3status | ~/utils/sessions/jsonstatus.py
    }