update socket communication scripts

README.md

@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ nc -Ulk /tmp/cortile.sock.out
 socat UNIX-LISTEN:/tmp/cortile.sock.out,reuseaddr,fork STDOUT
 ```
 
+For debugging purposes, you can also dump the json messages into a file:
+```bash
+# Netcat
+nc -Ulk /tmp/cortile.sock.out 2>&1 | tee /tmp/cortile.json
+
+# Socat
+socat -v UNIX-LISTEN:/tmp/cortile.sock.out,reuseaddr,fork OPEN:/tmp/cortile.json,create,truncate
+```
+
 Similarly, requests about the status of cortile can be sent to the incoming socket:
 ```bash
 # Netcat

assets/scripts/listen.sh

@@ -58,19 +58,22 @@ while json=$(nc -Ulw 1 $sockout | jq -r "."); do
 
     case ${type} in
         "Action")
-            ws=$(echo $data | jq -r ".Workspace")
+            desk=$(echo $data | jq -r ".Desk")
+            screen=$(echo $data | jq -r ".Screen")
 
             # EXAMPLE: retrieve action event on active workspace
-            echo "Received 'action' with name '$name' on 'workspace = $ws'";;
+            echo "Received 'action' with name '$name' on 'desktop = $desk' and 'screen = $screen'";;
         "State")
             case ${name} in
                 "workspaces")
-                    ws=$(xprop -root -notype _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP | awk -F " = " '{print $2}')
-                    enabled=$(echo $data | jq -r ".\"$ws\".TilingEnabled")
-                    layout=$(echo $data | jq -r ".\"$ws\".ActiveLayoutNum")
+                    desk=$(echo $data | jq -r ".Desk")
+                    screen=$(echo $data | jq -r ".Screen")                    
+                    workspace=$(echo $data | jq -r ".Workspaces[] | select((.Location.DeskNum==$desk) and (.Location.ScreenNum==$screen))")
+                    enabled=$(echo $workspace | jq -r ".TilingEnabled")
+                    layout=$(echo $workspace | jq -r ".ActiveLayoutNum")
 
                     # EXAMPLE: retrieve tiling state and layout on active workspace
-                    echo "Received '$name' with tiling 'enabled = $enabled' on 'workspace = $ws' with 'layout = $layout'";;
+                    echo "Received '$name' with tiling 'enabled = $enabled' on 'desktop = $desk' and 'screen = $screen' with 'layout = $layout'";;
                 "arguments")
                     config=$(echo $data | jq -r ".Config")
 

desktop/workspace.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Workspace struct {
+	Location        Location // Desktop and screen location
 	Layouts         []Layout // List of available layouts
 	TilingEnabled   bool     // Tiling is enabled or not
 	ActiveLayoutNum uint     // Active layout index
@@ -24,8 +25,10 @@ func CreateWorkspaces() map[Location]*Workspace {
 			// Create layouts for each desktop and screen
 			layouts := CreateLayouts(location)
 			ws := &Workspace{
-				Layouts:       layouts,
-				TilingEnabled: common.Config.TilingEnabled,
+				Location:        location,
+				Layouts:         layouts,
+				TilingEnabled:   common.Config.TilingEnabled,
+				ActiveLayoutNum: 0,
 			}
 
 			// Activate default layout

input/action.go

@@ -71,11 +71,14 @@ func Execute(a string, tr *desktop.Tracker) bool {
 
 	// Notify socket
 	if success {
-		type Action struct{ Workspace, Screen uint }
+		type Action struct {
+			Desk   uint
+			Screen uint
+		}
 		NotifySocket(Message[Action]{
 			Type: "Action",
 			Name: a,
-			Data: Action{Workspace: common.CurrentDesk, Screen: common.CurrentScreen},
+			Data: Action{Desk: common.CurrentDesk, Screen: common.CurrentScreen},
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -92,10 +95,19 @@ func Query(s string, tr *desktop.Tracker) bool {
 
 	switch s {
 	case "workspaces":
-		NotifySocket(Message[map[desktop.Location]*desktop.Workspace]{
+		type Workspaces struct {
+			Desk       uint
+			Screen     uint
+			Workspaces []*desktop.Workspace
+		}
+		ws := Workspaces{Desk: common.CurrentDesk, Screen: common.CurrentScreen}
+		for _, v := range tr.Workspaces {
+			ws.Workspaces = append(ws.Workspaces, v)
+		}
+		NotifySocket(Message[Workspaces]{
 			Type: "State",
 			Name: s,
-			Data: tr.Workspaces,
+			Data: ws,
 		})
 		success = true
 	case "arguments":