/* * vim:ts=8:expandtab * * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager * * © 2009 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 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 /* * Formats a message (payload) of the given size and type and sends it to i3 via * the given socket file descriptor. * */ static void ipc_send_message(int sockfd, uint32_t message_size, uint32_t message_type, uint8_t *payload) { int buffer_size = strlen("i3-ipc") + sizeof(uint32_t) + sizeof(uint32_t) + message_size; char msg[buffer_size]; char *walk = msg; strcpy(walk, "i3-ipc"); walk += strlen("i3-ipc"); memcpy(walk, &message_size, sizeof(uint32_t)); walk += sizeof(uint32_t); memcpy(walk, &message_type, sizeof(uint32_t)); walk += sizeof(uint32_t); memcpy(walk, payload, message_size); int sent_bytes = 0; int bytes_to_go = buffer_size; while (sent_bytes < bytes_to_go) { int n = write(sockfd, msg + sent_bytes, bytes_to_go); if (n == -1) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "write() failed"); sent_bytes += n; bytes_to_go -= n; } } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char *socket_path = "/tmp/i3-ipc.sock"; int o, option_index = 0; static struct option long_options[] = { {"socket", required_argument, 0, 's'}, {"type", required_argument, 0, 't'}, {"version", no_argument, 0, 'v'}, {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'}, {0, 0, 0, 0} }; char *options_string = "s:t:vh"; while ((o = getopt_long(argc, argv, options_string, long_options, &option_index)) != -1) { if (o == 's') { socket_path = strdup(optarg); break; } else if (o == 't') { printf("currently only commands are implemented\n"); } else if (o == 'v') { printf("i3-msg " I3_VERSION); return 0; } else if (o == 'h') { printf("i3-msg " I3_VERSION); printf("i3-msg [-s ] [-t ] \n"); return 0; } } if (optind >= argc) { fprintf(stderr, "Error: missing message\n"); fprintf(stderr, "i3-msg [-s ] [-t ] \n"); return 1; } 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; strcpy(addr.sun_path, socket_path); if (connect(sockfd, &addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) < 0) err(EXIT_FAILURE, "Could not connect to i3"); ipc_send_message(sockfd, strlen(argv[optind]), 0, (uint8_t*)argv[optind]); close(sockfd); return 0; }