diff --git a/_examples/descratch/README.md b/_examples/descratch/README.md
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-This is a more practical example. With sway you can move windows to
-a "scratchpad", i.e. like iconify it. There may be an official way
-to get back such windows, but I didn't find a good one. There's the
-"scratchpad show" command, but it doesn't allow you to select a
-window, it just shows the next one (and it keeps it in the floating
-state).
-
-So, this example program lists all windows currently garaged on the
-scratchpad. When called with a windows id, it gets back the window
-to the current workspace and gives it focus - thus descratching it.
-
-To add comfort to the process I  added a small script which you can
-use as a ui to it. It uses  rofi which makes a handy ui. To use it,
-compile descratch  with "go  build", copy  the descratch  binary to
-some location within your $PATH and run the script.
diff --git a/_examples/descratch/descratcher-rofi.sh b/_examples/descratch/descratcher-rofi.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-descratch \
-    | rofi -matching fuzzy -dmenu -p "Select window from scratchpad to show" \
-    | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} --no-run-if-empty "descratch" {}
diff --git a/_examples/descratch/main.go b/_examples/descratch/main.go
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-package main
-
-/*
-   This is a more practical example. With sway you can move windows to
-   a "scratchpad", i.e. like iconify it. There may be an official way
-   to get back such windows, but I didn't find a good one. There's the
-   "scratchpad show" command, but it doesn't allow you to select a
-   window, it just shows the next one (and it keeps it in the floating
-   state).
-
-   So, this example program lists all windows currently garaged on the
-   scratchpad. When called with a windows id, it gets back the window
-   to the current workspace and gives it focus - thus descratching it.
-
-   To add comfort to the process I  added a small script which you can
-   use as a ui to it. It uses  rofi which makes a handy ui. To use it,
-   compile descratch  with "go  build", copy  the descratch  binary to
-   some location within your $PATH and run the script.
-*/
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
-
-	"github.com/alecthomas/repr"
-	"github.com/tlinden/swayipc"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	// we need a session to sway via IPC
-	ipc := swayipc.NewSwayIPC()
-
-	err := ipc.Connect()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer ipc.Close()
-
-	// first, retrieve the whole sway root node
-	root, err := ipc.GetTree()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// get the hidden scratchpad workspace
-	scratch := getScratch(root)
-
-	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
-		// called with an arg, consider it to be a container id
-		id, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Args[1])
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("failed to convert arg %s to integer: %w", os.Args[1], err)
-		}
-
-		// switch to it
-		retrieveWindow(ipc, scratch, id)
-	} else {
-		// no args, just list scratched windows
-		listScratchedContainer(scratch)
-	}
-}
-
-func retrieveWindow(ipc *swayipc.SwayIPC, scratch *swayipc.Node, id int) {
-	// make sure the id exists
-	var exists bool
-	for _, con := range scratch.FloatingNodes {
-		if con.Id == id {
-			exists = true
-		}
-	}
-
-	if !exists {
-		log.Fatalf("no window with id %d exists on the scratchpad", id)
-	}
-
-	// scratched windows are floating, so we move it to current
-	// workspace, disable the floating state and switch focus to it
-	responses, err := ipc.RunContainerCommand(id, "move workspace current", "floating toggle", "focus")
-	if err != nil {
-		repr.Println(responses)
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-}
-
-func listScratchedContainer(scratch *swayipc.Node) {
-	// list the windows
-	for _, con := range scratch.FloatingNodes {
-		fmt.Printf("%d %s\n", con.Id, con.Name)
-	}
-}
-
-func getScratch(root *swayipc.Node) *swayipc.Node {
-	// the root node only has output nodes, we iterate over them and
-	// look for the internal one named__i3. This in turn only has one
-	// workspace, the scratchpad workspace, which we return.
-	for _, output := range root.Nodes {
-		if output.Name == "__i3" {
-			return output.Nodes[0]
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}