Set the I3_SOCKET_PATH atom to the expanded path.

include/ipc.h

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include "i3/ipc.h"
 
+extern char *current_socketpath;
+
 typedef struct ipc_client {
         int fd;
 

src/ipc.c

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include "all.h"
 
+char *current_socketpath = NULL;
+
 /* Shorter names for all those yajl_gen_* functions */
 #define y(x, ...) yajl_gen_ ## x (gen, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define ystr(str) yajl_gen_string(gen, (unsigned char*)str, strlen(str))
@@ -626,6 +628,9 @@ void ipc_new_client(EV_P_ struct ev_io *w, int revents) {
 int ipc_create_socket(const char *filename) {
     int sockfd;
 
+    FREE(current_socketpath);
+    current_socketpath = NULL;
+
     char *resolved = resolve_tilde(filename);
     DLOG("Creating IPC-socket at %s\n", resolved);
     char *copy = sstrdup(resolved);
@@ -655,13 +660,14 @@ int ipc_create_socket(const char *filename) {
         return -1;
     }
 
-    free(resolved);
     set_nonblock(sockfd);
 
     if (listen(sockfd, 5) < 0) {
         perror("listen()");
+        free(resolved);
         return -1;
     }
 
+    current_socketpath = resolved;
     return sockfd;
 }

src/main.c

@@ -350,9 +350,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A__NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK, A_WINDOW, 32, 1, &root);
     xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A__NET_WM_NAME, A_UTF8_STRING, 8, strlen("i3"), "i3");
 
-    /* Set up i3 specific atoms like I3_SOCKET_PATH and I3_CONFIG_PATH */
-    x_set_i3_atoms();
-
     keysyms = xcb_key_symbols_alloc(conn);
 
     xcb_get_numlock_mask(conn);
@@ -396,6 +393,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         }
     }
 
+    /* Set up i3 specific atoms like I3_SOCKET_PATH and I3_CONFIG_PATH */
+    x_set_i3_atoms();
+
     struct ev_io *xcb_watcher = scalloc(sizeof(struct ev_io));
     struct ev_io *xkb = scalloc(sizeof(struct ev_io));
     struct ev_check *xcb_check = scalloc(sizeof(struct ev_check));

src/x.c

@@ -783,8 +783,8 @@ void x_set_name(Con *con, const char *name) {
  */
 void x_set_i3_atoms() {
     xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A_I3_SOCKET_PATH, A_UTF8_STRING, 8,
-                        (config.ipc_socket_path != NULL ? strlen(config.ipc_socket_path) : 0),
-                        config.ipc_socket_path);
+                        (current_socketpath == NULL ? 0 : strlen(current_socketpath)),
+                        current_socketpath);
     xcb_change_property(conn, XCB_PROP_MODE_REPLACE, root, A_I3_CONFIG_PATH, A_UTF8_STRING, 8,
                         strlen(current_configpath), current_configpath);
 }