From 3ee59d16fb21ba780dd9adad44077449a626c4df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kopatz <7265381+Kropatz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:56:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] guys there is a json option actually for hyprctl

---
 .config/hypr/monitor-config.js | 23 +++++----------
 .config/hypr/test.c            | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .config/hypr/test.c

diff --git a/.config/hypr/monitor-config.js b/.config/hypr/monitor-config.js
index 0624833..44488e4 100755
--- a/.config/hypr/monitor-config.js
+++ b/.config/hypr/monitor-config.js
@@ -28,23 +28,14 @@ async function execCommand(command) {
 }
 
 /** @type(String) */
-let result = await execCommand('hyprctl monitors all');
 let monitors = {};
-let currentMonitor = null;
-
-result.split('\n').forEach(line => {
-  if (line.includes('Monitor')) {
-    let parts = line.split(' ');
-    let name = parts[1];
-    monitors[name] = { name };
-    currentMonitor = name;
-  }
-  if (line.includes('availableModes:')) {
-    line = line.trim();
-    let start = line.indexOf(":") + 2;
-    let modes = line.substring(start).split(' ');
-    monitors[currentMonitor].availableModes = modes;
-  }
+let result = await execCommand('hyprctl -j monitors all');
+result = JSON.parse(result);
+result.forEach(monitor => {
+  monitors[monitor.name] = {
+    name: monitor.name,
+    availableModes: monitor.availableModes
+  };
 });
 console.log(monitors);
 let zenity_monitors = Object.keys(monitors).join(' \\\n');
diff --git a/.config/hypr/test.c b/.config/hypr/test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8475a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/hypr/test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+  char *sig = getenv("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE");
+  char *runtime_dir = getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+  struct sockaddr_un addr;
+  int sockfd;
+  if (!sig) {
+    printf("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE not set\n");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  if (!runtime_dir) {
+    printf("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set\n");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  char *path;
+  asprintf(&path, "%s/hypr/%s/.socket.sock", runtime_dir, sig);
+  printf("Opening %s\n", path);
+  if ((sockfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
+    perror("socket");
+    return 1;
+  }
+  memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+  addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+  strncpy(addr.sun_path, path, sizeof(addr.sun_path) - 1);
+
+  if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == -1) {
+    perror("connect");
+    close(sockfd);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  printf("Connected to %s\n", path);
+  char* command = "monitors";
+  write(sockfd, command, strlen(command));
+  char buf[1024];
+  while (1) {
+    int n = read(sockfd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+    if (n <= 0)
+      break;
+    buf[n] = '\0';
+    printf("%s", buf);
+  }
+  close(sockfd);
+}