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Mihir Lad edited this page Jul 7, 2020 · 2 revisions

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The following are the supported message types:

typedef enum IPCMessageType {
  IPC_TYPE_RUN_COMMAND = 0,
  IPC_TYPE_GET_MONITORS = 1,
  IPC_TYPE_GET_TAGS = 2,
  IPC_TYPE_GET_LAYOUTS = 3,
  IPC_TYPE_GET_DWM_CLIENT = 4,
  IPC_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE = 5,
  IPC_TYPE_EVENT = 6
} IPCMessageType;

Brief Description of Types

  • IPC_TYPE_RUN_COMMAND is used to execute a function in dwm.c with the specified arguments. View page.
  • IPC_TYPE_GET_MONITORS is used to retrieve the properties of all your monitors including the selected client and the clients in the stack. View page.
  • IPC_TYPE_GET_TAGS is used to retrieve the list of tags and their bit masks View page.
  • IPC_TYPE_GET_LAYOUTS is used to retrieve the available layouts identified by their symbols and addresses to to their structs in memory. View more.
  • IPC_TYPE_GET_DWM_CLIENT is used to retreive the properties of a specified client. View page.
  • IPC_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE is used to subcribe to dwm events and receive a message when the event is raised. View page.
  • IPC_TYPE_EVENT is the message type specified by event messages sent by dwm. View page.
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