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Sends the given MSG to i3, by default as command.

conn

A connection to i3, created with (connect).

msg

The payload of the message, e.g. a command when type is 0.

type

The numeric message type, “COMMAND” (0) by default. See also http://i3wm.org/docs/ipc.html#_sending_messages_to_i3 for message types.

(define (cmd conn msg #!optional (type 0))
  (let ((sock (i3-conn-cmd-fd conn)))
    (socket-send-all sock (i3-format-ipc-message msg type))
    (i3-read-one-message sock)))