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docs/ipc: document the GET_CONFIG request (#2984) 

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Michael Stapelberg 2017-09-24 17:25:41 +02:00 committed by Michael Stapelberg
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IPC interface (interprocess communication)
==========================================
Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
October 2014
September 2017
This document describes how to interface with i3 from a separate process. This
is useful for example to remote-control i3 (to write test cases for example) or
@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ to do that).
| 6 | +GET_BAR_CONFIG+ | <<_bar_config_reply,BAR_CONFIG>> | Gets the specified bar configuration or the names of all bar configurations if payload is empty.
| 7 | +GET_VERSION+ | <<_version_reply,VERSION>> | Gets the i3 version.
| 8 | +GET_BINDING_MODES+ | <<_binding_modes_reply,BINDING_MODES>> | Gets the names of all currently configured binding modes.
| 9 | +GET_CONFIG+ | <<_config_reply,CONFIG>> | Returns the last loaded i3 config.
|======================================================
So, a typical message could look like this:
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Reply to the GET_VERSION message.
BINDING_MODES (8)::
Reply to the GET_BINDING_MODES message.
GET_CONFIG (9)::
Reply to the GET_CONFIG message.
[[_command_reply]]
=== COMMAND reply
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["default", "resize"]
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[[_config_reply]]
=== CONFIG reply
The config reply is a map which currently only contains the "config" member,
which is a string containing the config file as loaded by i3 most recently.
*Example:*
-------------------
{ "config": "font pango:monospace 8\nbindsym Mod4+q exit\n" }
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== Events
[[events]]