From 92d5155aca940bee97847372d12b1f3f6b945483 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marty Oehme <marty.oehme@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:19:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [i3] Simplify gap management, improve mode naming

i3 now uses mod4[+shift]+g to increase/decrease inner gaps and +b to do
the same for outer gaps.

The mode name for media has been put into a variable to make potential
dynamic namings possible and avoid duplication.
---
 i3/.config/i3/config | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/i3/.config/i3/config b/i3/.config/i3/config
index 3b7318d..581a9a4 100644
--- a/i3/.config/i3/config
+++ b/i3/.config/i3/config
@@ -88,14 +88,15 @@ bindsym $mod+a focus child
 # GAP MANAGEMENT
 # disable titles and borders, necessary for i3gaps to work apparently
 for_window [class="^.*"] border pixel 0
-# no gaps if there is only 1 window
-smart_gaps on
-# by default set some gaps when multiple windows are on the workspace
+# by default set no gaps when multiple windows are on the workspace
 gaps inner 0
 gaps outer 0
-# enable / disable gaps (g disables, G enables)
-bindsym $mod+shift+g gaps inner current set 15; gaps outer current set 0
-bindsym $mod+g gaps inner current set 0; gaps outer current set 0
+# increase/decrease inner gapping
+bindsym $mod+shift+g gaps inner current plus 10
+bindsym $mod+g gaps inner current minus 10
+# increase/decrease outer gapping
+bindsym $mod+shift+b gaps outer current plus 10
+bindsym $mod+b gaps outer current minus 10
 
 # Define names for default workspaces for which we configure key bindings later on.
 # We use variables to avoid repeating the names in multiple places.
@@ -165,7 +166,8 @@ mode "resize" {
 
 }
 
-mode "media" {
+set $mode_media "Media"
+mode $mode_media {
         # Pressing left will move 5s back
         bindsym h exec playerctl position 5-
         bindsym Shift+h exec playerctl position 15-
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ mode "media" {
 }
 
 bindsym $modemod+r mode "resize"
-bindsym $modemod+m mode "media"
+bindsym $modemod+m mode $mode_media
 
 # reload the configuration file
 bindsym $mod+Shift+y reload