i3-rename-workspace

i3-rename-workspace.py

import subprocess
import json
import sys

workspaces = json.loads(subprocess.check_output("i3-msg -t get_workspaces", shell=True));
activeWorkspaceNum = None
activeWorkspaceName = None
for workspace in workspaces:
	if workspace["visible"]:
		activeWorkspaceNum = workspace['num']
		activeWorkspaceName = workspace['name']

if activeWorkspaceName:
	cmd = "i3-msg 'rename workspace \"" + activeWorkspaceName + \
		  "\" to \"" + str(activeWorkspaceNum) + ": " + \
		  " ".join(sys.argv[1:]) +"\"'"
	print cmd
	subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)