Please don’t break threading in your replies, that makes it hard for people to follow the discussion.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 7:17 PM, <i3.theg...@spamgourmet.com> wrote: > Hello Michael, > > >> > >> > What am I doing wrong? >> >> append_layout is a command, not a configuration directive. Just like >> the workspace command you are using a line above, you’ll need to use >> i3-msg to send it. > > Sorry, my fault: the statement above is in one line (the tickmarks might be a > hint that's easily overlooked... > > Hope, that's in one line now: > > exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace $wsp3; append_layout > /home/markus/.i3/emacs.json' See http://i3wm.org/docs/debugging.html for how to look at i3’s log. It should give you some more details about what’s going on. > > -- > Markus Grunwald > https://www.the-grue.de > > Fragen zur Mail? https://www.the-grue.de/mail_und_co > https://www.the-grue.de/~markus/markus_grunwald.gpg -- Best regards, Michael