text: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  import i3
  import subprocess
  
  def i3clients():
    """
    Returns a dictionary of key-value pairs of a window text and window id.
    Each window text is of format "[workspace] window title (instance number)"
    """
    clients = {}
    for ws_num in range(1,11):
        workspace = i3.filter(num=ws_num)
        if not workspace:
            continue
        workspace = workspace[0]
        windows = i3.filter(workspace, nodes=[])
        instances = {}
        # Adds windows and their ids to the clients dictionary
        for window in windows:
            win_str = '[%s] %s' % (workspace['name'], window['name'])
            # Appends an instance number if other instances are present
            if win_str in instances:
                instances[win_str] += 1
                win_str = '%s (%d)' % (win_str, instances[win_str])
            else:
                instances[win_str] = 1
            clients[win_str] = window['id']
    return clients
  
  def win_menu(clients, l=10):
    """
    Displays a window menu using dmenu. Returns window id.
    """
    dmenu = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/bin/dmenu','-i','-l', str(l)],
            stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
            stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    menu_str = '\n'.join(sorted(clients.keys()))
    # Popen.communicate returns a tuple stdout, stderr
    win_str = dmenu.communicate(menu_str.encode('utf-8'))[0].decode('utf-8').rstrip()
    return clients.get(win_str, None)
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
    clients = i3clients()
    win_id = win_menu(clients)
    if win_id:
        i3.focus(con_id=win_id)
  