If there is indeed already a user configuration file it may be at ~/.i3/config
instead of ~/.config/i3/config
. If there is none, you should be able to create one with i3-config-wizard
or you can just copy /etc/i3/config
(or possibly /etc/xdg/i3/config
).
According man 1 i3
i3
looks in the following places - and in that order - for a configuration file:
~/.config/i3/config
(or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3/config
if set)
/etc/xdg/i3/config
(or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3/config
if set)
~/.i3/config
/etc/i3/config
i3
takes the first configuration file it finds. Multiple configuration files are not merged. It is also possible to specify a configuration file with the option -c FILE
.