I said that wrong in the subject, let me try in more than one line:
I have a somewhat modal idea of how to interact with a window manager, so
my i3 config binds very little at global level, the rest is in modes. One
mode I call "focus", because the items in that mode I might want to do
without leaving the mode, mostly moving between windows. In mode "i3",
most of the bindings end with a mode command, often back to "default".
I have this in my $HOME/i3/.config:
set $mod Mod1
bindsym $mod+Tab mode "i3"
mode "i3" {
# Some things I might want to do.
# Includes a transition to focus mode.
# The mode is long, but here's an example:
bindsym c exec urxvt; mode "default"
}
mode "focus" {
# A handful of actions that I want in a separate mode.
# And then there's a bunch of move/resize bindings, and then:
# If I forget where I am, do the right thing.
bindsym $mod+Tab mode "i3"
# Get me out of here.
bindsym Return mode "default"
bindsym Escape mode "default"
bindsym Control+g mode "default"
}
This works great but for two bindings in "focus" mode:
1. The $mod+Tab binding I would expect to drop me into "i3" mode, but it
has no effect.
2. The ESC and C-G bindings exit "focus" mode correctly, but RET has no
effect.
Any suggestions what I've done wrong?
Jeff Abrahamson
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