X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fipc;h=e44ffd7ce20f2c38230bef3e137e02f73a22ea0e;hb=5a0f02b7ff310f1b928ad4f8bc841b2ed51ab166;hp=997a3055fb1c22b5393e4409d8fc18e450f08372;hpb=362cbe6c5fa3520317a378466902dd43043f123a;p=i3%2Fi3 diff --git a/docs/ipc b/docs/ipc index 997a3055..e44ffd7c 100644 --- a/docs/ipc +++ b/docs/ipc @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ to do that). | 7 | +GET_VERSION+ | <<_version_reply,VERSION>> | Gets the i3 version. | 8 | +GET_BINDING_MODES+ | <<_binding_modes_reply,BINDING_MODES>> | Gets the names of all currently configured binding modes. | 9 | +GET_CONFIG+ | <<_config_reply,CONFIG>> | Returns the last loaded i3 config. +| 10 | +SEND_TICK+ | <<_tick_reply,TICK>> | Sends a tick event with the specified payload. +| 11 | +SYNC+ | <<_sync_reply,SYNC>> | Sends an i3 sync event with the specified random value to the specified window. |====================================================== So, a typical message could look like this: @@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ BINDING_MODES (8):: Reply to the GET_BINDING_MODES message. GET_CONFIG (9):: Reply to the GET_CONFIG message. +TICK (10):: + Reply to the SEND_TICK message. [[_command_reply]] === COMMAND reply @@ -324,6 +328,8 @@ window (integer):: This field is set to null for split containers or otherwise empty containers. This ID corresponds to what xwininfo(1) and other X11-related tools display (usually in hex). +window_properties (map):: + X11 window properties title, instance, class, window_role and transient_for. urgent (bool):: Whether this container (window, split container, floating container or workspace) has the urgency hint set, directly or indirectly. All parent @@ -419,6 +425,12 @@ JSON dump: "width": 1280, "height": 782 }, + "window_properties": { + "class": "Evince", + "instance": "evince", + "title": "Properties", + "transient_for": 52428808 + }, "floating_nodes": [], "nodes": [ @@ -637,6 +649,31 @@ which is a string containing the config file as loaded by i3 most recently. { "config": "font pango:monospace 8\nbindsym Mod4+q exit\n" } ------------------- +[[_tick_reply]] +=== TICK reply + +The reply is a map containing the "success" member. After the reply was +received, the tick event has been written to all IPC connections which subscribe +to tick events. UNIX sockets are usually buffered, but you can be certain that +once you receive the tick event you just triggered, you must have received all +events generated prior to the +SEND_TICK+ message (happened-before relation). + +*Example:* +------------------- +{ "success": true } +------------------- + +[[_sync_reply]] +=== SYNC reply + +The reply is a map containing the "success" member. After the reply was +received, the https://i3wm.org/docs/testsuite.html#i3_sync[i3 sync message] was +responded to. + +*Example:* +------------------- +{ "success": true } +------------------- == Events @@ -694,6 +731,10 @@ binding (5):: mouse shutdown (6):: Sent when the ipc shuts down because of a restart or exit by user command +tick (7):: + Sent when the ipc client subscribes to the tick event (with +"first": + true+) or when any ipc client sends a SEND_TICK message (with +"first": + false+). *Example:* -------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -866,6 +907,27 @@ because of a user action such as a +restart+ or +exit+ command. The +change } --------------------------- +=== tick event + +This event is triggered by a subscription to tick events or by a +SEND_TICK+ +message. + +*Example (upon subscription):* +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +{ + "first": true, + "payload": "" +} +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +*Example (upon +SEND_TICK+ with a payload of +arbitrary string+):* +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +{ + "first": false, + "payload": "arbitrary string" +} +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + == See also (existing libraries) [[libraries]] @@ -881,6 +943,7 @@ C++:: * https://github.com/drmgc/i3ipcpp Go:: * https://github.com/mdirkse/i3ipc-go + * https://github.com/i3/go-i3 JavaScript:: * https://github.com/acrisci/i3ipc-gjs Lua:: @@ -958,3 +1021,6 @@ detect the byte order i3 is using: payload. Then, receive the pending +COMMAND+ message reply in big endian. 5. From here on out, send/receive all messages using the detected byte order. + +Find an example implementation of this technique in +https://github.com/i3/go-i3/blob/master/byteorder.go