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I am no expert, but I do think i3-msg
spawns a new process from a different process.
As a consequence, the environment is different and you have no access to the variables specified my i3blocks
and your config. I guess your process is spawned by i3
thanks to i3-msg
, but not spawned by i3blocks
.
If this is true, you should update your script to pass arguments via the command line i3-msg exec "/path/to/script arg1 arg2..."
.
Or maybe, a simpler solution i3-msg exec "VAR1=$VAR1 VAR2=$VAR2 /path/to/script"
if this works.
However, this is a workaround to solve your issue. But I think the clean solution is certainly elsewhere.
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It makes sense I think.
The workaround solved the issue. I'm able to set the desired variable and even the $BLOCK_BUTTON input from mouse.
Not elegant but works
Thanks :)
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Could you post here the solution that has solved your issue described above; to satisfy my curiosity and for the users that would read this later.
Also, you may close the issue, unless you have something else to add or ask
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[screenshot]
command=i3-msg -q exec -- SAVE_DIR="/path/to/dir/screenshots" IS_SAVE="true" BLOCK_BUTTON="$BLOCK_BUTTON" /path/to/script/screenshot/screenshot
for more details and usecase, please refer to:
https://github.com/shivankgarg98/i3blocks-contrib/blob/master/screenshot/README.md
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