[baf]

Originally Posted by twobob

the toggle keyboards is/was bafs.

You could also try something like this, using my openlipc.h:

#include <openlipc.h>

int is_keyboard_visible(){
     char publisher[]="com.lab126.keyboard";
     char property[]="show";
     int ivalue, lipc_handle, lipc_error;
     lipc_handle = LipcOpenNoName();
     if (!lipc_handle) {
       return -1;
     }
     lipc_error = LipcGetIntProperty(lipc_handle, publisher, property, &ivalue);
     LipcClose(lipc_handle);
     if (lipc_error) {
       return -1;
     }
     return ivalue;
}

int open_keyboard(){
     int lipc_handle, lipc_error;
     char publisher[]="com.lab126.keyboard";
     char property[]="open";
     char value[100];
     int p = getpid();
     snprintf(value, sizeof value, "com.lab126.gtkInputMethod%d:abc:0", p);
     lipc_handle = LipcOpenNoName();
     if (!lipc_handle) {
       return FALSE;
     }
     lipc_error = LipcSetStringProperty(lipc_handle, publisher, property, value);
     LipcClose(lipc_handle);
     if (lipc_error) {
       return FALSE;
     }
     return TRUE;
}

int close_keyboard(){
     int lipc_handle, lipc_error;
     char publisher[]="com.lab126.keyboard";
     char property[]="close";
     char value[100];
     int p = getpid();
     snprintf(value, sizeof value, "com.lab126.gtkInputMethod%d", p);
     lipc_handle = LipcOpenNoName();
     if (!lipc_handle) {
       return FALSE;
     }
     lipc_error = LipcSetStringProperty(lipc_handle, publisher, property, value);
     LipcClose(lipc_handle);
     if (lipc_error) {
       return FALSE;
     }
     return TRUE;
}

void toggle_keyboard() {
     if (is_keyboard_visible()) {
       close_keyboard();
     } else {
       open_keyboard();
     }
}

BTW you need to include gtkInputMethod+pid in the keyboard name only if there is a chance that keyboard was opened automatically by system. If you control keyboard only from your app you may choose whatever name you want.