spare isle
to be clear I know how to bind commands but this one is new for me
basically when I try to use
bindsym $mod+m scrot --select
it doesnt work
bindsym $mod+m exec kitty scrot --select
this does work but opens up the terminal
I want it to work without opening up the terminal how can I do that?
spare isle
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solid wagon
Why do you need to run it in kitty?
spare isle
thats what i want to know
I was trying to run it and it only worked if I ran it through a terminal
solid wagon
exec is an i3 keyword, whatever follows it is run as a shell command. The reason the first fails is because scrot isn't an i3 command, so it doesn't know what to do with it
spare isle
so whats the solution
copper osprey
remove kitty before the scrot
solid wagon
use exec as the i3 command, and follow it with the command you want to run
spare isle
remove kitty before the scrot
I tried that and it didnt work
copper osprey
exec scrot
solid wagon
Basically, the bindsym takes two args, a key combo and an i3 command to run. scrot is not an i3 command, but exec scrot is.
spare isle
trust me I tried it doesnt work
I have it as bindsym $mod+m exec scort without the --select even and still doesnt work
spare isle
is there a way to run the terminal in the background so that it doesnt show up
solid wagon
Could you open up a terminal normally, type scrot --select and tell us what happens?
spare isle
it works as intended
solid wagon
So just to be absolutely clear, you've tried setting your i3 config line to bindsym $mod+m exec scrot --select, saved the file, reloaded i3 ($mod+shift+r by default I think), and then tried the bind?
spare isle
yep
solid wagon
You reloaded the config after the change? Sometimes I forget to reload when tweaking.