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docs(desktop): describe workspace geometry in the state file

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brice · · 2026-10-21 07:11 UTC
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@@ -133,8 +133,11 @@ Workspace IDs are `name:<name>` for named workspaces, stable across launches. Nu
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134134 NeferWL writes its state as JSON to `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/neferwl/<wayland socket>.json`, also given to started programs as `$NEFERWL_STATE`. It lists outputs, workspaces, the focused window, and every window with its app ID, PID, workspace, column and row.
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136+The `workspaces` list holds every workspace with its `visible` flag, its columns and the windows in them, each with `x`, `y`, `width` and `height` in logical pixels of its output. The file is written at most once per second.
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136138 ```sh
137139 neferwl state # the whole state
138140 neferwl state output-of "$PID" # the output showing that process's window
139141 neferwl state | jq '[.windows[] | select(.hidden)] | length' # windows in hidden stashes
142+neferwl state | jq '.workspaces[] | select(.visible) | .columns[] | .width' # column widths on screen
140143 ```
@@ -133,8 +133,11 @@ Workspace IDs are `name:<name>` for named workspaces, stable across launches. Nu
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134 NeferWL writes its state as JSON to `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/neferwl/<wayland socket>.json`, also given to started programs as `$NEFERWL_STATE`. It lists outputs, workspaces, the focused window, and every window with its app ID, PID, workspace, column and row.134 NeferWL writes its state as JSON to `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/neferwl/<wayland socket>.json`, also given to started programs as `$NEFERWL_STATE`. It lists outputs, workspaces, the focused window, and every window with its app ID, PID, workspace, column and row.
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136+The `workspaces` list holds every workspace with its `visible` flag, its columns and the windows in them, each with `x`, `y`, `width` and `height` in logical pixels of its output. The file is written at most once per second.
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136 ```sh138 ```sh
137 neferwl state # the whole state139 neferwl state # the whole state
138 neferwl state output-of "$PID" # the output showing that process's window140 neferwl state output-of "$PID" # the output showing that process's window
139 neferwl state | jq '[.windows[] | select(.hidden)] | length' # windows in hidden stashes141 neferwl state | jq '[.windows[] | select(.hidden)] | length' # windows in hidden stashes
142+neferwl state | jq '.workspaces[] | select(.visible) | .columns[] | .width' # column widths on screen
140 ```143 ```

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