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