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ipc: Added listloaded and listactive requests (#132)
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stephentoth committed Feb 5, 2024
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ bind=SUPERSHIFT,1,movetoworkspace,1 #Superkey + Shift + 1 moves windows and swi
bind=SUPERSHIFT,1,exec,$w1 #SuperKey + Shift + 1 switches to wallpaper $w1 on DP-1 as defined in the variable
```

## Getting information from hyprpaper
You can also use `hyprctl hyprpaper` to get information about the state of hyprpaper using the following commands:
```
listloaded - lists the wallpapers that are currently preloaded (useful for dynamically preloading and unloading)
listactive - prints the active wallpapers hyprpaper is displaying, along with its accociated monitor
```

# Battery life
Since the IPC has to tick every now and then, and poll in the background, battery life might be a tiny bit worse with IPC on. If you want to fully disable it, use
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71 changes: 57 additions & 14 deletions src/ipc/Socket.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -90,34 +90,77 @@ bool CIPCSocket::mainThreadParseRequest() {

std::string copy = m_szRequest;

// now we can work on the copy

if (copy == "")
return false;

// now we can work on the copy

Debug::log(LOG, "Received a request: %s", copy.c_str());

// parse
// set default reply
m_szReply = "ok";
m_bReplyReady = true;
m_bRequestReady = false;


// config commands
if (copy.find("wallpaper") == 0 || copy.find("preload") == 0 || copy.find("unload") == 0) {

const auto RESULT = g_pConfigManager->config->parseDynamic(copy.substr(0, copy.find_first_of(' ')).c_str(), copy.substr(copy.find_first_of(' ') + 1).c_str());

if (RESULT.error) {
m_szReply = RESULT.getError();
m_bReplyReady = true;
m_bRequestReady = false;
return false;
}
} else {
m_szReply = "invalid command";
m_bReplyReady = true;
m_bRequestReady = false;
return false;

return true;

}

if (copy.find("listloaded") == 0) {

const auto numWallpapersLoaded = g_pHyprpaper->m_mWallpaperTargets.size();
Debug::log(LOG, "numWallpapersLoaded: %d", numWallpapersLoaded);

if (numWallpapersLoaded == 0) {
m_szReply = "no wallpapers loaded";
return false;
}

m_szReply = "";
long unsigned int i = 0;
for (auto& [name, target] : g_pHyprpaper->m_mWallpaperTargets) {
m_szReply += name;
i++;
if (i < numWallpapersLoaded) m_szReply += '\n'; // dont add newline on last entry
}

return true;

}

m_szReply = "ok";
m_bReplyReady = true;
m_bRequestReady = false;
if (copy.find("listactive") == 0) {

const auto numWallpapersActive = g_pHyprpaper->m_mMonitorActiveWallpapers.size();
Debug::log(LOG, "numWallpapersActive: %d", numWallpapersActive);

if (numWallpapersActive == 0) {
m_szReply = "no wallpapers active";
return false;
}

m_szReply = "";
long unsigned int i = 0;
for (auto& [mon, path1] : g_pHyprpaper->m_mMonitorActiveWallpapers) {
m_szReply += mon + " = " + path1;
i++;
if (i < numWallpapersActive) m_szReply += '\n'; // dont add newline on last entry
}

return true;

}

return true;
m_szReply = "invalid command";
return false;
}

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