From fd7a7cd8d88ef7ba1a5905b927094afcaf2a9c1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Rossato <andrea.rossato@unibz.it>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:37:06 +0100
Subject: Add Hooks.ServerMode: an event hook to execute commands sent by an
 external client

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 XMonad/Hooks/ServerMode.hs | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 XMonad/Hooks/ServerMode.hs

(limited to 'XMonad/Hooks/ServerMode.hs')

diff --git a/XMonad/Hooks/ServerMode.hs b/XMonad/Hooks/ServerMode.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  XMonad.Hooks.ServerMode
+-- Copyright   :  (c) Andrea Rossato and David Roundy 2007
+-- License     :  BSD-style (see xmonad/LICENSE)
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  andrea.rossato@unibz.it
+-- Stability   :  unstable
+-- Portability :  unportable
+--
+-- This is an 'EventHook' that will receive commands from an external
+-- client.
+--
+-- This is the example of a client:
+--
+-- > import Graphics.X11.Xlib
+-- > import Graphics.X11.Xlib.Extras
+-- > import System.Environment
+-- > import Data.Char
+-- >
+-- > usage :: String -> String
+-- > usage n = "Usage: " ++ n ++ " command number\nSend a command number to a running instance of XMonad"
+-- >
+-- > main :: IO ()
+-- > main = do
+-- >   args <- getArgs
+-- >   pn <- getProgName
+-- >   let com = case args of
+-- >               [] -> error $ usage pn
+-- >               w -> (w !! 0)
+-- >   sendCommand com
+-- >
+-- > sendCommand :: String -> IO ()
+-- > sendCommand s = do
+-- >   d   <- openDisplay ""
+-- >   rw  <- rootWindow d $ defaultScreen d
+-- >   a <- internAtom d "XMONAD_COMMAND" False
+-- >   allocaXEvent $ \e -> do
+-- >                   setEventType e clientMessage
+-- >                   setClientMessageEvent e rw a 32 (fromIntegral (read s)) currentTime
+-- >                   sendEvent d rw False structureNotifyMask e
+-- >                   sync d False
+--
+-- compile with: @ghc --make sendCommand.hs@
+--
+-- run with
+--
+-- > sendCommand command number
+--
+-- For instance:
+--
+-- > sendCommand 0
+--
+--  will ask to xmonad to print the list of command numbers in
+-- stderr (so you can read it in @~\/.xsession-errors@).
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module XMonad.Hooks.ServerMode
+    ( -- * Usage
+      -- $usage
+      ServerMode (..)
+    , eventHook
+    ) where
+
+import Control.Monad (when)
+import Data.List
+import System.IO
+
+import XMonad
+import XMonad.Actions.Commands
+import XMonad.Hooks.EventHook
+
+-- $usage
+-- You can use this module with the following in your
+-- @~\/.xmonad\/xmonad.hs@:
+--
+-- > import XMonad.Hooks.ServerMode
+--
+-- Then edit your @layoutHook@ by adding the 'eventHook':
+--
+-- > layoutHook = eventHook ServerMode $ avoidStruts $ simpleTabbed ||| Full ||| etc..
+--
+-- and then:
+--
+-- > main = xmonad defaultConfig { layoutHook = myLayouts }
+--
+-- For more detailed instructions on editing the layoutHook see:
+--
+-- "XMonad.Doc.Extending#Editing_the_layout_hook"
+
+data ServerMode = ServerMode deriving ( Show, Read )
+
+instance EventHook ServerMode where
+    handleEvent _ (ClientMessageEvent {ev_message_type = mt, ev_data = dt}) = do
+        d <- asks display
+        a <- io $ internAtom d "XMONAD_COMMAND" False
+        when (mt == a && dt /= []) $ do
+             cl <- defaultCommands
+             let listOfCommands = map (uncurry (++)) . zip (map show ([1..] :: [Int])) . map ((++) " - " . fst)
+             case lookup (fromIntegral (head dt) :: Int) (zip [1..] cl) of
+                  Just (c,_) -> runCommand' c
+                  Nothing    -> mapM_ (io . hPutStrLn stderr) . listOfCommands $ cl
+    handleEvent _ _ = return ()
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