bspwm: send update the macropad each time the node is updated

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/bspwm/scripts/bspwm/macropad.sh b/bspwm/scripts/bspwm/macropad.sh
index 0dcf843..dabdaa0 100755
--- a/bspwm/scripts/bspwm/macropad.sh
+++ b/bspwm/scripts/bspwm/macropad.sh
@@ -1,32 +1,44 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # This script listen the events from BSPWM and report to the macropad the
-# layout to use.  
+# layout to use.
 
-# The script only listen the events from switching one desktop to another one,
-# and do not report the events specific for a window.
+# The script only listen the for the changes in the selected window, and send
+# to the macropad the appropriate layout depending of the class.
+
+# The function send the code over the socket — this works fine when I use the
+# VNC connection over SSH, as long as a reverse proxy is used.
+# Use for example this configuration in the ssh/config file to open the socket :
+#    RemoteForward 9999 localhost:9999
+#
+
+last_call=
 
-# Send to the macropad the appropriate layout depending of the desktop.
 send_layout() {
-    echo $1 | socat - TCP4:localhost:9999
+    if [ "$last_call" != "$1" ]; then
+        echo $1
+        last_call="$1"
+        echo $1 | socat - TCP4:localhost:9999
+    fi
 }
 
-bspc subscribe desktop | while read -r event monitor_id desktop_id name; 
-do 
+bspc subscribe node | while read -r event monitor_id desktop_id name;
+do
     case $event in
-        desktop_focus)
-        name=$(bspc query -D -d --names)
-        echo $name;  
-        case $name in 
-            Web) 
-                send_layout "Firefox"
-                ;; 
-            6-girl)
-                send_layout "Num pad"
-                ;; 
-            *) 
-                #echo Num pad | socat - TCP4:localhost:9999; 
-                ;; 
-        esac; 
+        node_focus)
+            # Read the class for the selected window
+            class=$(xprop -id $(bspc query --nodes -d -n focused) | grep ^WM_CLASS | cut -d= -f2)
+            case "$class" in
+                *"Firefox-esr"*)
+                    send_layout "Firefox"
+                    ;;
+                *"Qqsp"*)
+                    send_layout "Num pad"
+                    ;;
+                *)
+                    # Do not match
+                    #echo $class;
+                    ;;
+            esac;
     esac;
 done