Change i3 workspace name blazingly fast ⚡🚀

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Pismice/rename-i3-workspace

2. Build it using Zig 0.12.0

Might work with other Zig versions but that is unlikely.

zig build

3. Move the binary to your PATH

mv ./zig-out/bin/rename-i3-workspace /usr/local/bin

Usage

Now from anywhere in your system, you can from your terminal use rename-i3-workspace.

This script takes 2 parameters:

1. The workspace number you want to change
2. The new name of the workspace

Exemple: You had a workspace named "1: Terminal" or even "1" and you want to change it to "1: Code"

rename-i3-workspace 1 Code

Comparaison between Python, Bash and Zig

You can find the comparaisons between the solutions I did.

Possible improvements

• Check the arguments passed to the program
• Add the possibility to rename a workspace to a multi-word name
• Nicer looking codes, using comptime to read the structure instead of raw going after specific chains of character :)

Alternative(s)

For education purposes, I have also implemented this in Python. You can find it in the other folder.