libherbstclient

[The-Compiler]

Compile herbstclient as a library and add python bindings.

WIP - not sure what the state here was at all:

• http://git.the-compiler.org/herbstluftwm/log/?h=hclib
• http://git.the-compiler.org/herbstluftwm/log/?h=lib
• http://git.the-compiler.org/herbstclient-python/

Open questions:

• Should herbstclient-python be distributed with hlwm or as separated project?
• Should herbstclient (the C one) be linked statically or dynamically with libherbstclient?

[peterwu]

Hi @The-Compiler ,

I'm writing up some little utils in C for my hlwm setup and try to avoid making exec() calls to herbstclient if possible. This libherbstclient initiative looks appealing and I am just wondering if there's any progress on this effort, considering this issue has been open for quite a while? Thx!

[The-Compiler]

Nothing other than the links above - I never picked this up again after hlwm switched to C++.

[t-wissmann]

@peterwu there is herbstclient --binary-pipe now, which is probably easier to use than any library while still being faster compared to mulitple exec() calls.
The interface is described in the man page:
https://herbstluftwm.org/herbstclient.html

Also, herbstclient itself is still plain C (in fact precisely to make it easier to turn it into a library).

EDIT: and also I should add: there are python bindings now