OBSOLET use github.com/ctx/ws-session

wmii-session

Save the open windows of your favorite programs from one wmii tag to a folder.

Link your sessions to projects or tasks from taskwarrior.

Restore a session on a new wmii tag.

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DEPENDENCIES

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Needed: wmii, xdotool (only for luakit)

Editor: gvim

Helper: task (taskwarrior.org), surfraw, tabbed

Browser: luakit, patched vimprobable2, surf Chromium (uses ~200MB for every session)

PDF: zathura

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INSTALLATION

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• Copy session.sh and wmiirc_local to .wmii-hg. Copy the files from bin to /usr/bin or ~/bin.

• If you like to use vimprobable2 or zathura you have to apply the patches.

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CONFIGURATION

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• Configuration variables ar at the beginning of the file session.sh.

• Add the following to your shell rc. This makes it possible to save vim sessions and the shell history:

    WI_NAMESPACE="$(wmiir ls / 2>/dev/null)"
  
    if [ $WI_NAMESPACE ];then
        # Separat shell history for each tag
        TAG="$(wmiir cat /tag/sel/ctl | sed '1q')"
        
        mkdir -p $WI_NAMESPACE/$TAG
        export HISTFILE=$WI_NAMESPACE/$TAG/history
        
        # Start vim as server
        alias vim="vim --servername \"$TAG\""
    else
        export HISTFILE=~/.history
    fi
  
    unset WI_NAMESPACE TAG
  

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USAGE

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• run wmii-session wmii-browser and wmii-pdf and/or try the sample wmiirc_local

• If you save two session templates named foo and foo.bar, you can open a task in project foo.bar.baz with no saved session and the session template foo.bar will be loaded. If you open a task in the project foo.baz.blah the template foo will be loaded.

• Open chromium with the wmii-chromium command. This uses too much hd space.

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TODO

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• A "plugin system" that allows easy adding:

    * support for more applications (example vim: 147 to 173 in session.sh)
  
    * and support for other wms (example wmii: 120 to 145 in session.sh).
  

• use dmtcp

• bugs