introduce the sync IPC command

[i3/i3] / include / i3 / ipc.h

diff --git a/include/i3/ipc.h b/include/i3/ipc.h
index e3891454fdc561bca4847fbe96a010a8b0f4a33d..0c57f7fdf40c51541af0ca735b1e54ad63e7df4b 100644 (file)
--- a/include/i3/ipc.h
+++ b/include/i3/ipc.h
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ typedef struct i3_ipc_header {
 /** Never change this, only on major IPC breakage (don’t do that) */
 #define I3_IPC_MAGIC "i3-ipc"
 
-/** The payload of the message will be interpreted as a command */
+/** Deprecated: use I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_RUN_COMMAND */
 #define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_COMMAND 0
 
+/** The payload of the message will be interpreted as a command */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_RUN_COMMAND 0
+
 /** Requests the current workspaces from i3 */
 #define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_WORKSPACES 1
 
@@ -57,6 +60,12 @@ typedef struct i3_ipc_header {
 /** Request the raw last loaded i3 config. */
 #define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_CONFIG 9
 
+/** Send a tick event to all subscribers. */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_SEND_TICK 10
+
+/** Trigger an i3 sync protocol message via IPC. */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_SYNC 11
+
 /*
  * Messages from i3 to clients
  *
@@ -71,6 +80,8 @@ typedef struct i3_ipc_header {
 #define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_VERSION 7
 #define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_BINDING_MODES 8
 #define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_CONFIG 9
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_TICK 10
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_SYNC 11
 
 /*
  * Events from i3 to clients. Events have the first bit set high.
@@ -98,3 +109,6 @@ typedef struct i3_ipc_header {
 
 /** The shutdown event will be triggered when the ipc shuts down */
 #define I3_IPC_EVENT_SHUTDOWN (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 6)
+
+/** The tick event will be sent upon a tick IPC message */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_TICK (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 7)