/* * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab * * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager * © 2009-2011 Michael Stapelberg and contributors (see also: LICENSE) * */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "libi3.h" /* * Try to get the contents of the given atom (for example I3_SOCKET_PATH) from * the X11 root window and return NULL if it doesn’t work. * * The memory for the contents is dynamically allocated and has to be * free()d by the caller. * */ char *root_atom_contents(const char *atomname) { xcb_connection_t *conn; xcb_intern_atom_cookie_t atom_cookie; xcb_intern_atom_reply_t *atom_reply; int screen; char *socket_path; if ((conn = xcb_connect(NULL, &screen)) == NULL || xcb_connection_has_error(conn)) return NULL; atom_cookie = xcb_intern_atom(conn, 0, strlen(atomname), atomname); xcb_screen_t *root_screen = xcb_aux_get_screen(conn, screen); xcb_window_t root = root_screen->root; atom_reply = xcb_intern_atom_reply(conn, atom_cookie, NULL); if (atom_reply == NULL) return NULL; xcb_get_property_cookie_t prop_cookie; xcb_get_property_reply_t *prop_reply; prop_cookie = xcb_get_property_unchecked(conn, false, root, atom_reply->atom, XCB_GET_PROPERTY_TYPE_ANY, 0, PATH_MAX); prop_reply = xcb_get_property_reply(conn, prop_cookie, NULL); if (prop_reply == NULL || xcb_get_property_value_length(prop_reply) == 0) return NULL; if (asprintf(&socket_path, "%.*s", xcb_get_property_value_length(prop_reply), (char*)xcb_get_property_value(prop_reply)) == -1) return NULL; xcb_disconnect(conn); return socket_path; }