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3 * $Id: xwait.c,v 1.1 1998/11/16 23:00:49 mdw Exp $
5 * Wait until prodded by another X client
7 * (c) 1998 Straylight/Edgeware
10 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
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29 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
32 * Revision 1.1 1998/11/16 23:00:49 mdw
37 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
46 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
50 /*----- Main code ---------------------------------------------------------*/
52 int main(int argc
, char *argv
[])
58 char *atom
= XWAIT_DIE
;
59 char *msg
= XWAIT_DIE_MSG
;
66 /* --- Parse options --- */
69 int i
= getopt(argc
, argv
, "d:a:m:f");
87 "Usage: xwait [-f] [-d DISPLAY] [-a ATOM] [-m MSG]\n");
93 /* --- Connect to the X display --- */
95 dpy
= XOpenDisplay(display
);
97 fprintf(stderr
, "xwait: couldn't open display\n");
101 /* --- Fetch the property name atom --- */
103 xwait_die
= XInternAtom(dpy
, atom
, False
);
105 /* --- Mark ourselves as listening to all the screens --- */
109 int nsc
= ScreenCount(dpy
);
111 /* --- First pass: make sure there's not a process already here --- */
113 if ((f
& f_force
) == 0) {
114 for (i
= 0; i
< nsc
; i
++) {
115 Window win
= RootWindow(dpy
, i
);
118 if (XGetTextProperty(dpy
, win
, &prop
, xwait_die
)) {
119 fprintf(stderr
, "xwait: already waiting for `%s'\n", atom
);
125 /* --- Second pass: set up listening to the property --- */
127 for (i
= 0; i
< nsc
; i
++) {
128 Window win
= RootWindow(dpy
, i
);
130 char *imsg
= "XWAIT_READY";
132 XStringListToTextProperty(&imsg
, 1, &prop
);
133 XSetTextProperty(dpy
, win
, &prop
, xwait_die
);
134 XSelectInput(dpy
, win
, PropertyChangeMask
);
138 /* --- Now wait for an event --- */
141 XNextEvent(dpy
, &ev
);
144 if (ev
.xproperty
.atom
== xwait_die
) {
149 if (XGetTextProperty(dpy
, ev
.xproperty
.window
, &prop
, xwait_die
)) {
150 XTextPropertyToStringList(&prop
, &sl
, &c
);
151 if (strcmp(sl
[0], msg
) == 0)
159 /* --- Finished: remove the property from all the screens --- */
164 int nsc
= ScreenCount(dpy
);
166 for (i
= 0; i
< nsc
; i
++)
167 XDeleteProperty(dpy
, RootWindow(dpy
, i
), xwait_die
);
170 /* --- Go away --- */
176 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/