Example of event handling

examples/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O2")
 
 add_executable(workspaces workspaces.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(workspaces ${I3IPCpp_LIBRARIES})
+
+add_executable(events events.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(events ${I3IPCpp_LIBRARIES})

examples/events.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <i3ipc++/ipc.hpp>
+
+
+int  main() {
+	i3ipc::connection  conn;
+	conn.subscribe(i3ipc::ET_WORKSPACE | i3ipc::ET_WINDOW);
+
+	conn.signal_workspace_event.connect([](const i3ipc::workspace_event_t&  ev) {
+		std::cout << "workspace_event: " << (char)ev.type << std::endl;
+	});
+	conn.signal_window_event.connect([](const i3ipc::window_event_t&  ev) {
+		std::cout << "window_event: " << (char)ev.type << std::endl;
+	});
+
+	// Don't forget this:
+	conn.prepare_to_event_handling();
+
+	while (true) {
+		conn.handle_event();
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}