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								vim:set ts=4 sw=4 tw=82 noet:
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								swaymsg (1)
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								Name
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								swaymsg - Send messages to a running instance of sway over the IPC socket.
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								Synopsis
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								'swaymsg' [options] [message]
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								*-h, --help*::
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									Show help message and quit.
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								*-q, \--quiet*::
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									Sends the IPC message but does not print the response from sway.
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								*-v, \--version*::
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									Print the version (of swaymsg) and quit.
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								*-s, --socket* <path>::
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									Use the specified socket path. Otherwise, swaymsg will ask sway where the
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									socket is (which is the value of $SWAYSOCK, then of $I3SOCK).
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								*-t, \--type* <type>::
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									Specify the type of IPC message. See below.
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								IPC Message Types
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								*command*::
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									The message is a sway command (the same commands you can bind to keybindings
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									in your sway config file). It will be executed immediately.
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								*get_workspaces*::
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									Gets a JSON-encoded list of workspaces and their status.
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								*get_inputs*::
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									Gets a JSON-encoded list of current inputs.
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								*get_outputs*::
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									Gets a JSON-encoded list of current outputs.
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								*get_tree*::
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									Gets a JSON-encoded layout tree of all open windows, containers, outputs,
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									workspaces, and so on.
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								*get_marks*::
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									Get a JSON-encoded list of marks.
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								*get_bar_config*::
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									Get a JSON-encoded configuration for swaybar.
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									Get JSON-encoded version information for the running instance of sway.
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								Maintained by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>, who is assisted by other open
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								source contributors. For more information about sway development, see
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								<https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sway>.
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								**sway**(5)
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