2 * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
4 * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager
6 * © 2009-2011 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
8 * See file LICENSE for license information.
17 #include <xcb/xcb_aux.h>
22 * Try to get the socket path from X11 and return NULL if it doesn’t work.
24 * The memory for the socket path is dynamically allocated and has to be
25 * free()d by the caller.
28 char *socket_path_from_x11() {
29 xcb_connection_t *conn;
30 xcb_intern_atom_cookie_t atom_cookie;
31 xcb_intern_atom_reply_t *atom_reply;
35 if ((conn = xcb_connect(NULL, &screen)) == NULL ||
36 xcb_connection_has_error(conn))
39 atom_cookie = xcb_intern_atom(conn, 0, strlen("I3_SOCKET_PATH"), "I3_SOCKET_PATH");
41 xcb_screen_t *root_screen = xcb_aux_get_screen(conn, screen);
42 xcb_window_t root = root_screen->root;
44 atom_reply = xcb_intern_atom_reply(conn, atom_cookie, NULL);
45 if (atom_reply == NULL)
48 xcb_get_property_cookie_t prop_cookie;
49 xcb_get_property_reply_t *prop_reply;
50 prop_cookie = xcb_get_property_unchecked(conn, false, root, atom_reply->atom,
51 XCB_GET_PROPERTY_TYPE_ANY, 0, PATH_MAX);
52 prop_reply = xcb_get_property_reply(conn, prop_cookie, NULL);
53 if (prop_reply == NULL || xcb_get_property_value_length(prop_reply) == 0)
55 if (asprintf(&socket_path, "%.*s", xcb_get_property_value_length(prop_reply),
56 (char*)xcb_get_property_value(prop_reply)) == -1)