/* [ʞ] safekill.c * ~ lexi hale * $ cc -Ofast safekill.c -lX11 -osafekill * © affero general public license * a utility to make it harder to accidentally nuke * important windows on i3wm or whatever. TODO add option to run as daemon that listens for key chords, for wms that don't have built-in support for user keybindings */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include typedef enum { false, true } bool; Display *display; Atom xvital; bool isvital(Window w) { unsigned char* value; int _i; long _l; Atom type; XGetWindowProperty(display,w, xvital, 0,1,False,xvital, &type,&_i,&_l,&_l, &value); return type != None; } void killwin(Window w) { XEvent ev; long mask = SubstructureRedirectMask | SubstructureNotifyMask; ev.xclient.type = ClientMessage; ev.xclient.serial = 0; ev.xclient.send_event = True; ev.xclient.message_type = XInternAtom(display, "_NET_CLOSE_WINDOW", False); ev.xclient.window = w; ev.xclient.format = 32; if(!XSendEvent(display, DefaultRootWindow(display), False, mask, &ev)) { char* fallback = getenv("k_safekill_fallback"); bool nofb = (*fallback == '0' && fallback[1] == 0); fprintf(stderr,"\x1b[1mwarning:\x1b[m cannot send _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW event to root window; is your window manager okay?"); if (nofb) { fprintf(stderr,"\n"); } else { fprintf(stderr," falling back to XDestroyWindow, but this may wreck your shit - lots of multi-win apps do *not* like it.\n"); XDestroyWindow(display,w); } } } bool isnum(const char* str) { // is the string passed something strtoul can interpret as a // number? decimal, hex, or octal? if (*str == '0' && str[1] == 0) return true; enum { hex, dec, oct } mode; if (*str == '0' && str[1] == 'x') mode = hex, str += 2; else if (*str == '0') mode = oct, str += 1; else mode = dec; bool first = true; eval: if(*str == 0) return !first; first = false; if(*str >= '0' && *str <= '7') { ++ str; goto eval; } else if ((mode == dec || mode == hex) && *str >= '0' && *str <= '9') { ++ str; goto eval; } else if (mode == hex && ( (*str >= 'a' && *str <= 'f') || (*str >= 'A' && *str <= 'F'))) { ++ str; goto eval; } else return false; } int bad(Display* d, XErrorEvent* e) { printf("\x1b[1merror:\x1b[m no such window\n"); exit(1); } int main(const int argc, const char** argv) { Window focus; int revert; bool active; enum { vitalize, devitalize, hardkill, softkill } op; const char* winp = argv[2]; if (argc > 3) goto usage; // nope if (argc == 1) // no parameters, implied softkill on active win op = softkill, active = true; else { if (argc == 2) { // single argument; what kind is it? if (isnum(argv[1])) { // single numeric argument = win id active = false; // window is specified for us op = softkill; // implied softkill winp = argv[1]; // interpret argv[1] as window id goto go_go_go; // skip the rest of this nonsense; // we already know there's no switch } else { active = true; // no number passed, so it's either a // switch with an implied active window or bad syntax // now we need to figure out which } } else if (argc == 3) active = false; // win id AND opt // determine mission parameters if (argv[1][0] == '-' && argv[1][2] == 0) { // opt is short switch switch (argv[1][1]) { // opt char // make window mission-critical case 'v': op = vitalize; break; // make window acceptable loss case 'c': op = devitalize; break; // liquidate by any means necessary case 'q': op = hardkill; break; // with all due respect sir what the fuck default: goto usage; } } else goto usage; } go_go_go: display = XOpenDisplay(NULL); xvital = XInternAtom(display, "_k_vital", False); XSetErrorHandler(bad); if (active) { XGetInputFocus(display, &focus, &revert); } else { unsigned long temp = strtoul(winp, NULL, 0); if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ERANGE) goto usage; if (temp == 0) goto usage; focus = (Window)temp; } if(op == hardkill) { killwin(focus); XSync(display,false); return 0; } char* v; if(isvital(focus)) { if (op == vitalize) return 0; // nothing need be done else if (op == devitalize) { XDeleteProperty(display, focus, xvital); XSync(display,false); } else if (op == softkill) { fprintf(stderr, "softkill forbidden\n"); return 1; // ACCESS DENIED } } else { if (op == vitalize) { char* yes="\01"; //arbitrary XChangeProperty(display,focus, xvital,xvital,8,PropModeReplace, yes, 1); XSync(display,false); } else if (op == devitalize) return 0; else if (op == softkill) { // ice that motherfucker killwin(focus); XSync(display,false); return 3; } } return 0; usage: #define info "\x1b[34m-- " #define param "\x1b[32m" #define eol "\x1b[m\n" #define bold "\x1b[1m" #define nl " " fprintf(stderr, bold "usage:\x1b[0m %s " " " info "kill active window if non-vital" eol nl "%1$s -v " param "[id] " info "make [id] or active window vital" eol nl "%1$s -c " param "[id] " info "clear vital flag on [id] or active window" eol nl "%1$s -q " param "[id] " info "'emergency' kill w/o reference to vital flag" eol, argv[0]); return 1; }