diff --git a/include/ipc.h b/include/ipc.h
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+/*
+ * vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
+ *
+ * i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager
+ * © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors (see also: LICENSE)
+ *
+ * This public header defines the different constants and message types to use
+ * for the IPC interface to i3 (see docs/ipc for more information).
+ *
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+typedef struct i3_ipc_header {
+    /* 6 = strlen(I3_IPC_MAGIC) */
+    char magic[6];
+    uint32_t size;
+    uint32_t type;
+} __attribute__((packed)) i3_ipc_header_t;
+
+/*
+ * Messages from clients to i3
+ *
+ */
+
+/** Never change this, only on major IPC breakage (don’t do that) */
+#define I3_IPC_MAGIC "i3-ipc"
+
+/** Deprecated: use I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_RUN_COMMAND */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_COMMAND 0
+
+/** The payload of the message will be interpreted as a command */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_RUN_COMMAND 0
+
+/** Requests the current workspaces from i3 */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_WORKSPACES 1
+
+/** Subscribe to the specified events */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE 2
+
+/** Requests the current outputs from i3 */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_OUTPUTS 3
+
+/** Requests the tree layout from i3 */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_TREE 4
+
+/** Request the current defined marks from i3 */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_MARKS 5
+
+/** Request the configuration for a specific 'bar' */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_BAR_CONFIG 6
+
+/** Request the i3 version */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_VERSION 7
+
+/** Request a list of configured binding modes. */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_BINDING_MODES 8
+
+/** Request the raw last loaded i3 config. */
+#define I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_CONFIG 9
+
+/*
+ * Messages from i3 to clients
+ *
+ */
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_COMMAND 0
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_WORKSPACES 1
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE 2
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_OUTPUTS 3
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_TREE 4
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_MARKS 5
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_BAR_CONFIG 6
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_VERSION 7
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_BINDING_MODES 8
+#define I3_IPC_REPLY_TYPE_CONFIG 9
+
+/*
+ * Events from i3 to clients. Events have the first bit set high.
+ *
+ */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK (1 << 31)
+
+/* The workspace event will be triggered upon changes in the workspace list */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_WORKSPACE (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 0)
+
+/* The output event will be triggered upon changes in the output list */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_OUTPUT (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 1)
+
+/* The output event will be triggered upon mode changes */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_MODE (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 2)
+
+/* The window event will be triggered upon window changes */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_WINDOW (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 3)
+
+/** Bar config update will be triggered to update the bar config */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_BARCONFIG_UPDATE (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 4)
+
+/** The binding event will be triggered when bindings run */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_BINDING (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 5)
+
+/** The shutdown event will be triggered when the ipc shuts down */
+#define I3_IPC_EVENT_SHUTDOWN (I3_IPC_EVENT_MASK | 6)
diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
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+#include "test.h"
+
+/*
+ * Reads a message from the given socket file descriptor and stores its length
+ * (reply_length) as well as a pointer to its contents (reply).
+ *
+ * Returns -1 when read() fails, errno will remain.
+ * Returns -2 on EOF.
+ * Returns -3 when the IPC protocol is violated (invalid magic, unexpected
+ * message type, EOF instead of a message). Additionally, the error will be
+ * printed to stderr.
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ *
+ */
+int ipc_recv_message(uint32_t *message_type,
+                     uint32_t *reply_length, uint8_t **reply) {
+  /* Read the message header first */
+  const uint32_t to_read = strlen(I3_IPC_MAGIC) + sizeof(uint32_t) + sizeof(uint32_t);
+  char msg[to_read];
+  char *walk = msg;
+
+  uint32_t read_bytes = 0;
+  while (read_bytes < to_read) {
+    int n = read(i3_sockfd, msg + read_bytes, to_read - read_bytes);
+    if (n == -1)
+      return -1;
+    if (n == 0) {
+      if (read_bytes == 0) {
+	return -2;
+      } else {
+	return -3;
+      }
+    }
+
+    read_bytes += n;
+  }
+
+  if (memcmp(walk, I3_IPC_MAGIC, strlen(I3_IPC_MAGIC)) != 0) {
+    return -3;
+  }
+
+  walk += strlen(I3_IPC_MAGIC);
+  memcpy(reply_length, walk, sizeof(uint32_t));
+  walk += sizeof(uint32_t);
+  if (message_type != NULL)
+    memcpy(message_type, walk, sizeof(uint32_t));
+
+  *reply = malloc(*reply_length);
+
+  read_bytes = 0;
+  while (read_bytes < *reply_length) {
+    const int n = read(i3_sockfd, *reply + read_bytes, *reply_length - read_bytes);
+    if (n == -1) {
+      if (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN)
+	continue;
+      return -1;
+    }
+    if (n == 0) {
+      return -3;
+    }
+
+    read_bytes += n;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Formats a message (payload) of the given size and type and sends it to i3 via
+ * the given socket file descriptor.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 when write() fails, errno will remain.
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ *
+ */
+int ipc_send_message_s(const uint32_t message_type, char* msg){
+  ipc_send_message(strlen(msg), message_type, (uint8_t *)msg);
+}
+
+int ipc_send_message(const uint32_t message_size,
+                     const uint32_t message_type, const uint8_t *payload) {
+  const i3_ipc_header_t header = {
+    /* We don’t use I3_IPC_MAGIC because it’s a 0-terminated C string. */
+    .magic = {'i', '3', '-', 'i', 'p', 'c'},
+    .size = message_size,
+    .type = message_type};
+
+  if (write(i3_sockfd, ((void *)&header), sizeof(i3_ipc_header_t)) == -1)
+    return -1;
+
+  if (write(i3_sockfd, payload, message_size) == -1)
+    return -1;
+  return 0;
+}
+int i3_connect() {
+  if((i3_sockfd=socket (PF_LOCAL, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
+    return -1;
+
+  i3_addr.sun_family = AF_LOCAL;
+  strcpy(i3_addr.sun_path, i3_socket_path);
+  if (connect ( i3_sockfd,
+                (struct sockaddr *) &i3_addr,
+		sizeof (i3_addr)) < 0)
+    return -1;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+workspace get_workspace_by_num(unsigned int num, int * index){
+  workspace cur = workspaces.ws;
+
+  int i = 0;
+  fflush(stdout);
+
+  for(; i<workspaces.len && cur->num != num; i++){
+    //printf("HEY %i, %i\n", cur->num, workspaces.len);
+    cur = cur->next;
+  }
+
+  if(index != NULL){
+    if(i == workspaces.len)
+      i--;
+    
+    *index = i;
+  }
+  
+  return cur;
+}
+
+workspace get_workspace(int index){
+  if(index < 0){
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  
+  workspace ret = workspaces.ws;
+  for(int i = 0; i<workspaces.len && i<index; i++)
+    ret = ret->next;
+  return ret;
+}
+
+int insert_workspace(workspace ws, int position){
+  if(position < 0) {
+    position = (workspaces.len == 0) ? 0 : workspaces.len;
+  }
+
+  //printf("Insert %s at %i \n", ws->name, position);
+  fflush(stdout);
+    
+  if(position > workspaces.len)
+    return -1;
+
+  workspace before = get_workspace(position - 1);
+  workspace after = (before == NULL) ? NULL : before->next;
+
+  if(workspaces.len == 0 || position == 0){
+    after = workspaces.ws;
+    before = NULL;
+    workspaces.ws = ws;
+  }
+  
+  if(before != NULL){
+    before->next = ws;
+    ws->prev = before;
+  } else {
+    ws->prev = NULL;
+  }
+  
+  if(after != NULL){
+    after->prev = ws;
+    ws->next = after;
+  } else {
+    ws->next = NULL;
+  }
+
+  workspaces.len++;
+  return 0;
+};
+
+int remove_workspace(int position){
+   if(position < 0 || position > workspaces.len - 1)
+    return -1;
+  
+  workspace to_delete = get_workspace(position);
+  workspace before = to_delete->prev;
+  workspace after = to_delete->next;
+
+  free(to_delete);
+
+  
+  if(before != NULL && after != NULL){
+    after->prev = before;
+    before->next = after;
+  } if(after == NULL && before != NULL){
+    before->next = NULL;
+  } if (after != NULL && before != NULL){
+    after->prev = 0;
+  }
+
+  if(position == 0){
+    workspaces.ws = after;
+  }
+
+  workspaces.len--;
+  return 1;
+}
+
+int clean_workspaces(){
+  workspace ws = workspaces.ws;
+  while(ws != NULL) {
+    workspace next = ws->next;
+    free(ws);
+    ws = next;
+  };
+
+  workspaces.ws = NULL;
+  workspaces.len = 0;
+}
+
+int sanitize_reply(uint8_t ** reply, uint32_t reply_length){  
+  char * reply_san = malloc(reply_length + 1);
+  memcpy(reply_san, *reply, reply_length);
+  reply_san[reply_length] = '\0';
+
+  free(*reply);
+
+  *reply = reply_san;
+
+  return 0;
+};
+
+int get_workspaces(){
+  if (ipc_send_message(0, I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_WORKSPACES, NULL) == -1)
+    return -1;
+  
+  uint32_t reply_length;
+  uint32_t reply_type;
+  uint8_t *reply;
+  int ret;
+  if ((ret = ipc_recv_message(&reply_type, &reply_length, &reply)) != 0) {
+    if (ret == -1)
+      return -1;	
+  }
+
+  if(reply_type != I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_GET_WORKSPACES)
+    return -1;
+
+  sanitize_reply(&reply, reply_length);
+  
+  yajl_val node = yajl_tree_parse(reply, NULL, 0);
+  const char * path_num[] = { "num", (const char *) 0 };
+  const char * path_name[] = { "name", (const char *) 0 };
+  const char * path_focused[] = { "focused", (const char *) 0 };
+
+  if(node && YAJL_IS_ARRAY(node)){
+    size_t len = node->u.array.len;
+    for(int i = 0; i  < len; i++){
+      yajl_val obj = node->u.array.values[ i ];
+      yajl_val num = yajl_tree_get(obj, path_num, yajl_t_number);
+      yajl_val name = yajl_tree_get(obj, path_name, yajl_t_string);
+      yajl_val focused = yajl_tree_get(obj, path_focused, yajl_t_true);
+
+      workspace new_ws = malloc(sizeof(struct workspace_t));
+      new_ws->num = (YAJL_GET_INTEGER(num));
+      new_ws->active = YAJL_IS_TRUE(focused) ? 1 : 0;
+      new_ws->name = strdup(YAJL_GET_STRING(name));
+
+      insert_workspace(new_ws, -1);
+    }
+  } else {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  yajl_tree_free(node);
+  free(reply);
+  return 0;
+}; 
+
+int format_ws_list(){
+  // Let's rock!
+  char* template_inactive = "<span>%s</span> ";
+  char* template_active = "<span background=\"green\" underline=\"double\">%s</span> ";
+  char* buff = malloc(strlen(template_inactive) * (workspaces.len - 1)
+		      + strlen(template_active));
+  char* walk = buff;
+  
+  workspace ws = workspaces.ws;
+  while(ws != NULL) {
+    char * template = ws->active == 1 ? template_active : template_inactive;
+    sprintf(walk, template, ws->name);
+    walk += strlen(template) - 1;
+    ws = ws->next;
+  };
+
+  free(workspaces.workspaces_format);
+  workspaces.workspaces_format = buff;
+}
+
+int listen_to_events(){
+  char *listen_command = "[\"workspace\"]";
+  ipc_send_message_s(I3_IPC_MESSAGE_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE, listen_command);
+
+  while(1) {
+      uint32_t reply_length;
+      uint32_t reply_type;
+      uint8_t *reply;
+      int ret;
+      fflush(stdout);
+      
+      if ((ret = ipc_recv_message(&reply_type, &reply_length, &reply)) != 0){
+	free(reply);
+	continue;
+      }
+
+      if(reply_type == I3_IPC_EVENT_WORKSPACE){
+	sanitize_reply(&reply, reply_length);
+
+	yajl_val node = yajl_tree_parse((const char *) reply, NULL, 0);
+	const char * type_path[] = { "change", (const char *) 0 };
+	const char * curr_num_path[] = { "current", "num", (const char *) 0 };
+	const char * curr_name_path[] = { "current", "name", (const char *) 0 };
+	
+	const char * old_num_path[] = { "old", "num", (const char *) 0 };
+
+	
+	yajl_val type = yajl_tree_get(node, type_path, yajl_t_string);
+	yajl_val curr_num = yajl_tree_get(node, curr_num_path, yajl_t_number);
+	yajl_val old_num = yajl_tree_get(node, old_num_path, yajl_t_number);
+
+	char* type_str = YAJL_GET_STRING(type);
+
+	//printf("EVENT: %s, %i\n", type_str, YAJL_GET_INTEGER(curr_num));
+	fflush(stdout);
+	switch(type_str[0]){
+	case 'i': {
+	  int index = -1;
+	  workspace ws = get_workspace_by_num(YAJL_GET_INTEGER(curr_num), &index);
+	  //printf("%i", index);
+	  fflush(stdout);
+
+	  yajl_val curr_name = yajl_tree_get(node, curr_name_path, yajl_t_string);
+
+	  workspace new = malloc(sizeof(struct workspace_t));
+	  new->name = strdup(YAJL_GET_STRING(curr_name));
+	  new->num = YAJL_GET_INTEGER(curr_num);
+
+	  insert_workspace(new, index + 1);
+	  break;
+	}
+
+	case 'f': {
+	  workspace ws = get_workspace_by_num(YAJL_GET_INTEGER(curr_num), NULL);
+	  if(ws != NULL) {
+	    ws->active = 1;
+	    ws = get_workspace_by_num(YAJL_GET_INTEGER(old_num), NULL);
+	    ws->active = 0;
+	  }
+	  break;
+	    
+	}
+	  
+	case 'e': {
+	  int index = -1;
+	  get_workspace_by_num(YAJL_GET_INTEGER(curr_num), &index);
+	  remove_workspace(index);
+	  break;
+	}
+	  
+	default:
+	  break;
+	}
+
+	format_ws_list();
+	printf("%s\n", workspaces.workspaces_format);
+
+	yajl_tree_free(node);
+      }
+
+      free(reply);
+  }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv){
+  workspaces.len = 0;
+  i3_socket_path = get_i3_socket();
+  i3_connect();
+
+  get_workspaces();
+  
+  format_ws_list();
+  listen_to_events();
+  
+  clean_workspaces();
+  free(i3_socket_path);
+  free(workspaces.workspaces_format);
+}
+
+char* get_i3_socket(){
+  FILE *pf;
+  char *command = "i3 --get-socketpath";
+  char *tmp = malloc(200);
+  char* buffer;
+  
+  // ask i3
+  pf = popen(command,"r");
+
+  if(!pf){
+    fprintf(stderr, "Could not open pipe for output.\n");
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  // get the socket path
+  fscanf(pf, "%s", tmp);
+  buffer = malloc(strlen(tmp)+1);
+  strcpy(buffer, tmp);
+  free(tmp);
+
+  if (pclose(pf) != 0){ // failed to close stream
+    return NULL;
+  }
+       
+  return buffer;
+}
diff --git a/test.h b/test.h
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+#include <yajl/yajl_tree.h>
+#include <yajl/yajl_parse.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "include/ipc.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#define WS_FOCUS "focus"
+#define WS_EMPTY "empty"
+#define WS_INIT "init"
+
+
+//TODO: dynamic
+char *i3_socket_path;
+int i3_sockfd;
+struct sockaddr_un i3_addr;
+
+int sanitize_reply(uint8_t ** reply, uint32_t reply_length);
+
+char* get_i3_socket();
+int ipc_recv_message(uint32_t *message_type,
+                     uint32_t *reply_length, uint8_t **reply);
+int ipc_send_message_s(uint32_t message_type, char* msg);
+int ipc_send_message(const uint32_t message_size,
+                     const uint32_t message_type, const uint8_t *payload);
+
+typedef struct workspace_t* workspace;
+struct workspace_t {
+  unsigned int num;
+  int active;
+  char* name;
+  workspace next;
+  workspace prev;
+};
+
+struct workspaces_t {
+  unsigned int len;
+  workspace ws;
+  char* workspaces_format;
+} workspaces;
+
+
+int insert_workspace(workspace ws, int position);
+int remove_workspace(int position);
+workspace get_workspace(int index);
+workspace get_workspace_by_num(unsigned int num, int * index);
+int get_workspaces();
+int clean_workspaces();
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+Subproject commit 5e3a7856e643b4d6410ddc3f84bc2f38174f2872