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diff --git a/dotfiles/scripts/switch-workspace.py b/dotfiles/scripts/switch-workspace.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from json import loads
+from os import popen
+from sys import argv
+
+def ipc_query(req="command", msg=""):
+    ans = popen("i3-msg -t " + req + " " +  msg).readlines()[0]
+    return loads(ans)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Usage & checking args
+    if len(argv) != 2:
+        print ("Usage: switch-workspace.py name-of-workspace")
+        exit(-1)
+
+    newworkspace = argv[1]
+
+    # Retrieving active display
+    active_display = None
+    old_display = None
+    for w in ipc_query(req="get_workspaces"):
+        if w['focused']:
+            active_display = w['output']
+        if w['name'] == newworkspace:
+            old_display = w['output']
+        if newworkspace.isdigit() and w['num'] == int(newworkspace):
+            old_display = w['output']
+        print (w)
+
+    # Pre-computing commands
+    if newworkspace.isdigit():
+        cmd_show = "workspace number " + newworkspace
+    else:
+        cmd_show = "workspace " + newworkspace
+    cmd_move = "move workspace to output " + active_display
+
+    # Moving workspace to active display
+    if active_display == old_display:
+        print (cmd_show)
+        print (ipc_query(msg=cmd_show))
+    else:
+        cmd="'" + cmd_show + ";" + cmd_move + ";" + cmd_show + "'"
+        print (cmd)
+        print (ipc_query(msg=cmd))