(07-01-2017, 05:33 PM)tudurom Wrote: I'm working on a program that executes commands when windows with a specific name/class are created. It should be used to create "rules" like in other window managers where you can automatically move windows with a specific class to a specific workspace. I could write it as a script with the use of wmutils but it would be slow. I'm writing it in C all by myself mostly to learn (simple) parsing. The program will use a configuration file where the user can define the rules. Think of it like a sxhkd for windows.

you might want to look into lex/yacc then. That's the perfect fit for this kind of jobs.