From 87ecc4062790e990aa4fa8e947ea833a9f7734b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Prein <julian@druck.dev>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 16:07:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] i3: Save terminal related stuff in variables

---
 .config/i3/config | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/i3/config b/.config/i3/config
index a92a109..2f3927d 100644
--- a/.config/i3/config
+++ b/.config/i3/config
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ default_border pixel 1
 hide_edge_borders smart
 
 set $TERMINAL st
+set $TERM_CLASS st-256color
+set $TERM_DIR_FLAG -d
+set $TERM_TITLE_FLAG -t
+set $TERM_TRANSPARENCY_FLAG -A
+set $TERM_CMD_FLAG -e
 
 # Focus should not follow mouse
 # focus_follows_mouse no
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ exec_always --no-startup-id ~/.config/i3/monitor-setup.sh &
 # Keybindins ###################################################################
 
 # Terminal
-bindsym $mod+Return       exec $TERMINAL -d "$(xcwd)"
+bindsym $mod+Return       exec $TERMINAL $TERM_DIR_FLAG "$(xcwd)"
 bindsym $mod+Shift+Return exec $TERMINAL
 
 # Program launcher
@@ -201,7 +206,7 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+m move scratchpad
 bindsym $mod+Shift+o scratchpad show
 
 # scratchpad-terminal
-for_window [class="^$TERMINAL-256color$" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] \
+for_window [class="^$TERM_CLASS$" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] \
 	move scratchpad,       \
 	scratchpad show,       \
 	sticky enable,         \
@@ -210,11 +215,11 @@ for_window [class="^$TERMINAL-256color$" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] \
 	move position center
 # Toggle the scratchpad-terminal or create a new one if none exists.
 bindsym $mod+comma exec \
-	i3-msg '[class="^$TERMINAL-256color$" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] \
+	i3-msg '[class="^$TERM_CLASS$" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] \
 	        scratchpad show' \
-	|| $TERMINAL -A 0.45 \
-	             -d "$(xcwd)" \
-	             -t scratchpad-terminal
+	|| $TERMINAL $TERM_TRANSPARENCY_FLAG 0.45 \
+	             $TERM_DIR_FLAG "$(xcwd)" \
+	             $TERM_TITLE_FLAG scratchpad-terminal
 
 for_window [class="^TelegramDesktop$"] \
 	move scratchpad, \
@@ -237,13 +242,13 @@ bindsym $mod+Shift+b exec \
 	i3-msg '[class="^Bitwarden$"] scratchpad show' \
 	|| bitwarden-desktop
 
-for_window [class="^$TERMINAL-256color$" title="^polybar-datetime-calendar$"] \
+for_window [class="^$TERM_CLASS$" title="^polybar-datetime-calendar$"] \
 	floating enable,    \
 	border pixel 3,     \
 	resize set 378 300, \
 	move position 1411 32
 
-for_window [class="^$TERMINAL-256color$" title="^polybar-wlan$"] \
+for_window [class="^$TERM_CLASS$" title="^polybar-wlan$"] \
 	floating enable,    \
 	border pixel 3,     \
 	resize set 1125 750, \
@@ -259,12 +264,12 @@ bindsym --release Shift+Print exec cd ~/media/pics/screens/ && scrot -s -f
 bindsym $mod+z exec ~/.local/bin/zoom-links
 
 # Monitor selection with fzf
-for_window [class="^$TERMINAL-256color$" title="^fzf-monitor-setup$"] \
+for_window [class="^$TERM_CLASS$" title="^fzf-monitor-setup$"] \
 	floating enable,    \
 	border pixel 3,     \
 	resize set 378 300, \
 	move position 1 32
 bindsym $mod+m exec \
 	pkill -f fzf-monitor-setup -O 1 \
-	|| $TERMINAL -t fzf-monitor-setup -e \
+	|| $TERMINAL $TERM_TITLE_FLAG fzf-monitor-setup $TERM_CMD_FLAG \
 		sh -c "~/.local/bin/monitor-setup && ~/.config/polybar/launch.sh"