From 74d596e0fcf9e790e45a52ca8a1e704b2b77635f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Mazzoli <f@mazzo.li>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:17:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] more informative `workspace' events

Add a `current' and `old' properties to the `focus' change type,
containing the current and old workspace respectively.  These additions
are not necessary anywhere else because `focus' is always triggered when
changing ws.
---
 docs/ipc        | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 src/workspace.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/ipc b/docs/ipc
index 6bdccd0b..ae833c9f 100644
--- a/docs/ipc
+++ b/docs/ipc
@@ -644,11 +644,25 @@ if ($is_event) {
 
 This event consists of a single serialized map containing a property
 +change (string)+ which indicates the type of the change ("focus", "init",
-"empty", "urgent").
+"empty", "urgent").  Additionally, when the change is "focus", an +old
+(object)+ and a +current (object)+ properties will be present with the
+previous and current workspace respectively.
 
 *Example:*
 ---------------------
-{ "change": "focus" }
+{
+ "change": "focus",
+ "current": {
+  "id": 28489712,
+  "type":4,
+  ...
+ }
+ "old": {
+  "id": 28489715,
+  "type": 4,
+  ...
+ }
+}
 ---------------------
 
 === output event
diff --git a/src/workspace.c b/src/workspace.c
index ed00c9a7..d4354898 100644
--- a/src/workspace.c
+++ b/src/workspace.c
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
  *
  */
 #include "all.h"
+#include "yajl_utils.h"
+
+#include <yajl/yajl_gen.h>
 
 /* Stores a copy of the name of the last used workspace for the workspace
  * back-and-forth switching. */
@@ -331,6 +334,34 @@ static void workspace_defer_update_urgent_hint_cb(EV_P_ ev_timer *w, int revents
     FREE(con->urgency_timer);
 }
 
+/*
+ * For the "focus" event we send, along the usual "change" field, also the
+ * current and previous workspace, in "current" and "old" respectively.
+ */
+static void _workspace_focus_event(Con *current, Con *old) {
+    yajl_gen gen = ygenalloc();
+
+    y(map_open);
+
+    ystr("change");
+    ystr("focus");
+
+    ystr("current");
+    dump_node(gen, current, false);
+
+    ystr("old");
+    dump_node(gen, old, false);
+
+    y(map_close);
+
+    const unsigned char *payload;
+    ylength length;
+    y(get_buf, &payload, &length);
+
+    ipc_send_event("workspace", I3_IPC_EVENT_WORKSPACE, (const char *)payload);
+    y(free);
+}
+
 static void _workspace_show(Con *workspace) {
     Con *current, *old = NULL;
 
@@ -433,7 +464,7 @@ static void _workspace_show(Con *workspace) {
     /* Update the EWMH hints */
     ewmh_update_current_desktop();
 
-    ipc_send_event("workspace", I3_IPC_EVENT_WORKSPACE, "{\"change\":\"focus\"}");
+    _workspace_focus_event(workspace, current);
 }
 
 /*