Bug#913543: RFP: i3-py -- tools for i3 users and developers

[Antoine Beaupre <anarcat@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : i3-py
  Version         : 0.6.4
  Upstream Author : Jure Ziberna <j.ziberna@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/ziberna/i3-py
* License         : GPL-3+
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : tools for i3 users and developers

i3-py is a library to communicate with the i3 window manager from
Python.

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I use this package for this dumb i3-focus script I couldn't live
without, as a Xmonad transfuge:

https://gitlab.com/anarcat/scripts/blob/master/i3-focus

One could argue that this could be done by talking directly with the
i3-msg commandline, but this needs to be really fast (which makes the
use of Python questionable in the first place, but I disgress) so it's
better to avoid a fork.

I am not aware of another library with a similar goal.

I'd be happy to see this managed by the DPMT or the i3 package
maintainer. Alternatively, I'd love to see an easier, built-in way of
accomplishing the same thing.