Wmfs fifo

wmfs-fifo is an application that could be a good alternative to the wmfs -c command.
when launched, wmfs-fifo can recieve commands, scripts-outputs or action for wmfs.

installation

the project is on github, so you can clone the git repertory:
git clone git://github.com/linkdd/wmfs-fifo.git
or download the tgz/zip sources
once the directory cloned or obtained the sources, change to the directory and then perform a classical installation:

make
sudo make install
or
sudo make install PREFIX=/usr/local
or
sudo make install DESTDIR=~/.local/

utilization

be sure to run wmfs-fifo before any program which use it.

wmfs-fifo &
echo "spawn urxvtc" > /tmp/wmfs-$DISPLAY.fifo

example: launch irssi, change tag then launch firefox:

urxvtc -title irssi -e irssi
echo "tag_next" > /tmp/wmfs-$DISPLAY.fifo
firefox &

statusbar

how to send informations to wmfs-statusbar with wmfs-fifo:

• with conky: put the texte “status infobar_name” at the beginning of the conky output section. replace ‘infobar_name’ with the name of the bar where you want the conky output to be displayed, ex:

  TEXT
  status bottombar ^s[right;\#FFFFFF;${time %I:%M %P}]

  then send the conky output to the fifo from your ~/.xinitrc:

  wmfs-fifo &
  conky > /tmp/wmfs-$DISPLAY.fifo

• with a bash script: the same rule, “status infobar_name” text has to be placed on your script output, ex:

  while true; do echo "status bottombar `date +%I:%M:%S`" > /tmp/wmfs-$DISPLAY.fifo ; done