/* * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab * * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager * * © 2009-2010 Michael Stapelberg and contributors * * See file LICENSE for license information. * * i3-msg/main.c: Utility which sends messages to a running i3-instance using * IPC via UNIX domain sockets. * * This (in combination with libi3/ipc_send_message.c and * libi3/ipc_recv_message.c) serves as an example for how to send your own * messages to i3. * * Additionally, it’s even useful sometimes :-). * */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "libi3.h" #include static char *socket_path; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { socket_path = getenv("I3SOCK"); int o, option_index = 0; int message_type = I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_COMMAND; char *payload = NULL; bool quiet = false; static struct option long_options[] = { {"socket", required_argument, 0, 's'}, {"type", required_argument, 0, 't'}, {"version", no_argument, 0, 'v'}, {"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'}, {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'}, {0, 0, 0, 0} }; char *options_string = "s:t:vhq"; while ((o = getopt_long(argc, argv, options_string, long_options, &option_index)) != -1) { if (o == 's') { if (socket_path != NULL) free(socket_path); socket_path = sstrdup(optarg); } else if (o == 't') { if (strcasecmp(optarg, "command") == 0) message_type = I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_COMMAND; else if (strcasecmp(optarg, "get_workspaces") == 0) message_type = I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_WORKSPACES; else if (strcasecmp(optarg, "get_outputs") == 0) message_type = I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_OUTPUTS; else if (strcasecmp(optarg, "get_tree") == 0) message_type = I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_TREE; else if (strcasecmp(optarg, "get_marks") == 0) message_type = I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_MARKS; else { printf("Unknown message type\n"); printf("Known types: command, get_workspaces, get_outputs, get_tree, get_marks\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } } else if (o == 'q') { quiet = true; } else if (o == 'v') { printf("i3-msg " I3_VERSION "\n"); return 0; } else if (o == 'h') { printf("i3-msg " I3_VERSION "\n"); printf("i3-msg [-s ] [-t ] \n"); return 0; } } if (socket_path == NULL) socket_path = socket_path_from_x11(); /* Fall back to the default socket path */ if (socket_path == NULL) socket_path = sstrdup("/tmp/i3-ipc.sock"); /* Use all arguments, separated by whitespace, as payload. * This way, you don’t have to do i3-msg 'mark foo', you can use * i3-msg mark foo */ while (optind < argc) { if (!payload) { payload = sstrdup(argv[optind]); } else { char *both; if (asprintf(&both, "%s %s", payload, argv[optind]) == -1) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "asprintf"); free(payload); payload = both; } optind++; } if (!payload) payload = ""; int sockfd = socket(AF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0); if (sockfd == -1) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Could not create socket"); struct sockaddr_un addr; memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)); addr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL; strncpy(addr.sun_path, socket_path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1); if (connect(sockfd, (const struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) < 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Could not connect to i3"); if (ipc_send_message(sockfd, strlen(payload), message_type, (uint8_t*)payload) == -1) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "IPC: write()"); if (quiet) return 0; uint32_t reply_length; uint8_t *reply; int ret; if ((ret = ipc_recv_message(sockfd, message_type, &reply_length, &reply)) != 0) { if (ret == -1) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "IPC: read()"); exit(1); } printf("%.*s\n", reply_length, reply); free(reply); close(sockfd); return 0; }