Update documentation paragraph on variables to emphasize on limitation (see http://infra.in.zekjur.net/archives/i3-discuss/2013-August/001377.html)
Patch status: merged
Patch by syl20bnr
To apply this patch, use:
curl http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/199/raw.patch | git am
b/docs/userguide
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bindsym $m+Shift+r restart |
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-Variables are directly replaced in the file when parsing. There is no fancy |
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-handling and there are absolutely no plans to change this. If you need a more |
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-dynamic configuration you should create a little script which generates a |
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-configuration file and run it before starting i3 (for example in your |
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-+~/.xsession+ file). |
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+Variables behaves like very basic macros.They are directly replaced in |
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+the file when parsing. Variables expansion is not recursive so it is not |
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+possible to define a variable with a value containing another variable. |
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+There is no fancy handling and there are absolutely no plans to change this. |
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+If you need a more dynamic configuration you should create a little script |
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+which generates a configuration file and run it before starting i3 (for |
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+example in your +~/.xsession+ file). |
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=== Automatically putting clients on specific workspaces |
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