67 lines
1.5 KiB
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67 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
swaymsg(1)
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# NAME
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swaymsg - Send messages to a running instance of sway over the IPC socket.
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# SYNOPSIS
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_swaymsg_ [options...] [message]
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# OPTIONS
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*-h, --help*
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Show help message and quit.
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*-q, --quiet*
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Sends the IPC message but does not print the response from sway.
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*-r, --raw*
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Use raw output even if using a tty.
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*-s, --socket* <path>
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Use the specified socket path. Otherwise, swaymsg will ask sway where the
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socket is (which is the value of $SWAYSOCK, then of $I3SOCK).
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*-t, --type* <type>
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Specify the type of IPC message. See below.
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*-v, --version*
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Print the version (of swaymsg) and quit.
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# IPC MESSAGE TYPES
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*<command>*
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The message is a sway command (the same commands you can bind to keybindings
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in your sway config file). It will be executed immediately.
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See **sway**(5) for a list of commands.
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*get\_workspaces*
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Gets a JSON-encoded list of workspaces and their status.
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*get\_inputs*
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Gets a JSON-encoded list of current inputs.
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*get\_outputs*
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Gets a JSON-encoded list of current outputs.
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*get\_tree*
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Gets a JSON-encoded layout tree of all open windows, containers, outputs,
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workspaces, and so on.
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*get\_marks*
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Get a JSON-encoded list of marks.
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*get\_bar\_config*
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Get a JSON-encoded configuration for swaybar.
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*get\_version*
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Get JSON-encoded version information for the running instance of sway.
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*get\_binding\_modes*
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Gets a JSON-encoded list of currently configured binding modes.
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*get\_config*
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Gets a JSON-encoded copy of the current configuration.
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