i3 - improved tiling WM

i3bar: Introducing noninteractive mode

Patch status: rejected

Patch by Tony Crisci

Long description:

When the `--noninteractive` flag is passed to i3bar, it will ignore
mouse events.

To apply this patch, use:
curl http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/296/raw.patch | git am

b/i3bar/include/config.h

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@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ typedef struct config_t {
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     struct xcb_color_strings_t colors;
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     bool         disable_binding_mode_indicator;
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     bool         disable_ws;
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+    bool         noninteractive;
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     char         *bar_id;
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     char         *command;
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     char         *fontname;

b/i3bar/src/main.c

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@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ void print_usage(char *elf_name) {
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     printf("\n");
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     printf("-b, --bar_id  <bar_id>\tBar ID for which to get the configuration\n");
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     printf("-s, --socket  <sock_path>\tConnect to i3 via <sock_path>\n");
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+    printf("-n, --noninteractive\tBar will not respond to mouse interaction\n");
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     printf("-h, --help    Display this help-message and exit\n");
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     printf("-v, --version Display version number and exit\n");
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     printf("\n");
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@@ -98,12 +99,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
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     static struct option long_opt[] = {
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         { "socket",               required_argument, 0, 's' },
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         { "bar_id",               required_argument, 0, 'b' },
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+        { "noninteractive",       no_argument,       0, 'n' },
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         { "help",                 no_argument,       0, 'h' },
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         { "version",              no_argument,       0, 'v' },
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         { NULL,                   0,                 0, 0}
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     };
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-    while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "b:s:hv", long_opt, &option_index)) != -1) {
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+    while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "b:s:hvn", long_opt, &option_index)) != -1) {
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         switch (opt) {
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             case 's':
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                 socket_path = expand_path(optarg);
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@@ -115,6 +117,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
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             case 'b':
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                 config.bar_id = sstrdup(optarg);
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                 break;
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+            case 'n':
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+                config.noninteractive = true;
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+                break;
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             default:
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                 print_usage(argv[0]);
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                 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);

b/i3bar/src/xcb.c

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@@ -791,7 +791,11 @@ void xcb_chk_cb(struct ev_loop *loop, ev_check *watcher, int revents) {
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                 break;
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             case XCB_BUTTON_PRESS:
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                 /* Button-press-events are mouse-buttons clicked on one of our bars */
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-                handle_button((xcb_button_press_event_t*) event);
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+                if (config.noninteractive)
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+                    DLOG("Noninteractive mode: ignoring button press.\n");
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+                else
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+                    handle_button((xcb_button_press_event_t*) event);
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+
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                 break;
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             case XCB_CLIENT_MESSAGE:
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                 /* Client messages are used for client-to-client communication, for