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docs/ipc: update socket path section

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Michael Stapelberg 2011-07-24 14:39:15 +02:00
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The method of choice for IPC in our case is a unix socket because it has very The method of choice for IPC in our case is a unix socket because it has very
little overhead on both sides and is usually available without headaches in little overhead on both sides and is usually available without headaches in
most languages. In the default configuration file, no ipc-socket path is most languages. In the default configuration file, the ipc-socket gets created
specified and thus no socket is created. Alternatively you can set the in +/tmp/i3-%u/ipc-socket.%p+ where +%u+ is your UNIX username and +%p+ is the
environment-variable +I3SOCK+. Setting a path in the configfile will override PID of i3.
+I3SOCK+.
+i3-msg+ and +i3-input+ will use +I3SOCK+ to connect to i3, unless -s is passed. All i3 utilities, like +i3-msg+ and +i3-input+ will read the +I3_SOCKET_PATH+
If neither is given, they will default to +/tmp/i3-ipc.sock+. X11 property, stored on the X11 root window.
== Establishing a connection == Establishing a connection