i3-companion: partially revert layout indicator

Ideally, it should be per output, but then it is a bit complicated to
know which polybar is on which output. While this seems a cool hack to
have, I don't think that's really useful. Keeping some of
the (unrelated) changes.

bin/i3-companion

@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ icons = {
     "headset": icon(2, ""),
     "keyboard": icon(2, "⌨"),
     "laptop": icon(2, "💻"),
-    "layout-splith": icon(2, ""),
-    "layout-splitv": icon(2, ""),
-    "layout-stacking": icon(2, ""),
-    "layout-tabbed": icon(2, ""),
     "loudspeaker": icon(2, ""),
     "microphone": icon(2, ""),
     "mouse": icon(2, ""),
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ def debounce(sleep, *, unless=None):
     return decorator
 
 
-def polybar(module, silent=False):
+def polybar(module):
     """Use returned string to update polybar module"""
 
     def decorator(fn):
@@ -263,8 +259,7 @@ def polybar(module, silent=False):
                     if e.errno != errno.ENXIO:
                         raise
 
-            log = logger.debug if silent else logger.info
-            log("polybar/%s: content updated", module)
+            logger.info(f"polybar/{module}: content updated")
             cache[module] = content
             return content
 
@@ -592,18 +587,6 @@ async def workspace_info(i3, event):
     workspace_info.last_id = result[0]
 
 
-@on(I3Event.WINDOW_FOCUS, CommandEvent("layout-changed"), StartEvent)
-@polybar("i3layout", silent=True)
-async def layout_update(i3, event):
-    """Display layout of the current focused container."""
-    tree = await i3.get_tree()
-    focused = tree.find_focused()
-    if not focused:
-        return ""
-    layout = focused.parent.layout
-    return icons.get(f"layout-{layout}", icons['unknown'])
-
-
 @on(I3Event.OUTPUT, StartEvent)
 @static(last_setup=None)
 @debounce(2)

config

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ bindsym $mod+f fullscreen toggle
 bindsym $mod+Shift+f fullscreen toggle global
 
 # change container layout (tabbed, toggle split)
-bindsym $mod+w layout toggle splitv splith tabbed; nop "layout-changed"
-bindsym $mod+v split toggle; nop "layout-changed"
+bindsym $mod+w layout toggle splitv splith tabbed
+bindsym $mod+v split toggle
 
 # toggle tiling / floating
 bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle

dotfiles/polybar.conf

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ font-0 = Iosevka Aile:style=Regular:size=10;2
 font-1 = Font Awesome 6 Pro:style=Solid:size=10;2
 font-2 = Font Awesome 6 Brands:style=Regular:size=10;2
 
-modules-left = i3 i3layout
+modules-left = i3
 modules-center = date
 
 [bar/alone]
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@ label-urgent = %name%
 label-urgent-background = #a00000
 label-urgent-padding = 1
 
-[module/i3layout]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = cat $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/i3/i3layout.txt 2> /dev/null
-format-foreground = ${colors.focused}
-initial = 1
-
 # This needs 3.6+
 [module/disk]
 type = internal/fs