Some misc notes and tips for setting up i3 in Arch. Most of it is pulled from the wiki or other guides.

• i3 group (i3)
• dmenu
• urxvt terminal ( rxvt-unicode rxvt-unicode-terminfo )
• fonts: ttf-dejavu ttf-inconsolata ( ttf-font-awesome ttf-font-icons : aur )

Install lxappearance Install xfce-theme-greybird from aur

Add to .xinitrc:

#! /bin/bash
exec i3

Add to /etc/profile:

# autostart systemd default session on tty1
if [[ "$(tty)" == '/dev/tty1' ]]; then
    exec startx
fi

Install polkit first.

.config/i3/config

set $Locker i3lock && sleep 1

set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (Shift+s) shutdown
mode "$mode_system" {
    bindsym l exec --no-startup-id $Locker, mode "default"
    bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3-msg exit, mode "default"
    bindsym s exec --no-startup-id $Locker && systemctl suspend, mode "default"
    bindsym h exec --no-startup-id $Locker && systemctl hibernate, mode "default"
    bindsym r exec --no-startup-id systemctl reboot, mode "default"
    bindsym Shift+s exec --no-startup-id systemctl poweroff -i, mode "default"  

    # back to normal: Enter or Escape
    bindsym Return mode "default"
    bindsym Escape mode "default"
}

bindsym $mod+Pause mode "$mode_system"