From e7b354e0dcf031b331c89f095fc81fcd1ce9fd9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:22:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update for new ipc socket path --- docs/ipc | 4 ++-- docs/userguide | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/ipc b/docs/ipc index 4e46bc9e..f65ae484 100644 --- a/docs/ipc +++ b/docs/ipc @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The method of choice for IPC in our case is a unix socket because it has very little overhead on both sides and is usually available without headaches in most languages. In the default configuration file, no ipc-socket path is specified and thus no socket is created. The standard path (which +i3-msg+ and -+i3-input+ use) is +/tmp/i3-ipc.sock+. ++i3-input+ use) is +~/.i3/ipc.sock+. == Establishing a connection @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ snippet illustrates this in Perl: ------------------------------------------------------------- use IO::Socket::UNIX; -my $sock = IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer => '/tmp/i3-ipc.sock'); +my $sock = IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer => '~/.i3/ipc.sock'); ------------------------------------------------------------- == Sending messages to i3 diff --git a/docs/userguide b/docs/userguide index 5cb1fe58..c706c631 100644 --- a/docs/userguide +++ b/docs/userguide @@ -504,11 +504,11 @@ programs to get information from i3, such as the current workspaces (to display a workspace bar), and to control i3. To enable it, you have to configure a path where the unix socket will be -stored. The default path is +/tmp/i3-ipc.sock+. +stored. The default path is +~/.i3/ipc.sock+. *Examples*: ---------------------------- -ipc-socket /tmp/i3-ipc.sock +ipc-socket ~/.i3/ipc.sock ---------------------------- You can then use the +i3-msg+ application to perform any command listed in