Change default socketpath to /tmp/i3-ipc.sock

diff --git a/i3bar/doc/i3bar.man b/i3bar/doc/i3bar.man
index d446143cc3d1339e79e3b047d2c4b0fcfb9020b3..f47108dd30b102ddc410c816fb39db8d2943502b 100644 (file)
--- a/i3bar/doc/i3bar.man
+++ b/i3bar/doc/i3bar.man
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ i3bar - xcb-based status- and ws-bar
 == OPTIONS
 
 *-s, --socket* 'sock_path'::
-Specifies the 'socketpath', via which *i3bar* connects to *i3*(1). If *i3bar* can not connect to *i3*, it will exit. Defaults to '~/.i3/ipc.sock'
+Specifies the 'socketpath', via which *i3bar* connects to *i3*(1). If *i3bar* can not connect to *i3*, it will exit. Defaults to '/tmp/i3-ipc.sock'
 
 *-c, --command* 'command'::
 Execute '<command>' to get 'stdin'. You can also simply pipe into 'stdin', but starting the coomand for itself, *i3bar* is able to send 'SIGCONT' and 'SIGSTOP', when combined with *-m*

diff --git a/i3bar/src/main.c b/i3bar/src/main.c
index c0e07a225475bc50bd6627bb0abd84825d5eba71..9c2a3181ae4cfa4dc7dbd03e268c5b1170ccf918 100644 (file)
--- a/i3bar/src/main.c
+++ b/i3bar/src/main.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     char *socket_path = getenv("I3SOCK");
     char *command = NULL;
     char *fontname = NULL;
-    char *i3_default_sock_path = "~/.i3/ipc.sock";
+    char *i3_default_sock_path = "/tmp/i3-ipc.sock";
     struct xcb_color_strings_t colors = { NULL, };
 
     /* Definition of the standard-config */