// fluxbox-remote.cc // Copyright (c) 2007 Fluxbox Team (fluxgen at fluxbox dot org) // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a // copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), // to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation // the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, // and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the // Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in // all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR // IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, // FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL // THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER // LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER // DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. #include <X11/Xlib.h> #include <X11/Xatom.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> bool g_gotError; static int HandleIPCError(Display *disp, XErrorEvent*ptr) { // ptr->error_code contains the actual error flags g_gotError=true; return( 0 ); } int main(int argc, char **argv) { if (argc <= 1) { printf("fluxbox-remote <fluxbox-command>\n"); return EXIT_SUCCESS; } Display *disp = XOpenDisplay(NULL); if (!disp) { perror("error, can't open display."); return EXIT_FAILURE; } Atom fbcmd_atom = XInternAtom(disp, "_FLUXBOX_ACTION", False); Window root = DefaultRootWindow(disp); char *str = argv[1]; typedef int (*x_error_handler_t)(Display*,XErrorEvent*); // assign the custom handler, clear the flag, sync the data, then check it for success/failure x_error_handler_t handler = XSetErrorHandler( HandleIPCError ); g_gotError=false; XChangeProperty(disp, root, fbcmd_atom, XA_STRING, 8, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *) str, strlen(str)); XSync(disp,False); int ret=(g_gotError?EXIT_FAILURE:EXIT_SUCCESS); XSetErrorHandler(handler); XCloseDisplay(disp); return ret; }