--- irssi-0.8.10.orig/src/fe-text/irssi.c	2006-08-25 13:23:26.000000000 -0400
+++ irssi-0.8.10/src/fe-text/irssi.c	2006-08-25 14:15:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <linux/un.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_STATIC_PERL
 void perl_core_init(void);
 void perl_core_deinit(void);
@@ -91,6 +97,8 @@
 	"window creation or closing, just type: /MANUAL-WINDOWS";
 static int display_firsttimer = FALSE;
 
+int init_extint();
+void check_extint(int sd);
 
 static void sig_exit(void)
 {
@@ -376,6 +384,7 @@
 	}
 
 	textui_finish_init();
+	int sd=init_extint();
 	main_loop = g_main_new(TRUE);
 
 	/* Does the same as g_main_run(main_loop), except we
@@ -386,6 +395,7 @@
 #endif
 		if (!dummy) term_refresh_freeze();
 		g_main_iteration(TRUE);
+		check_extint(sd);		// HACK!  HACK!  KILL IT!  =(
                 if (!dummy) term_refresh_thaw();
 
 		if (reload_config) {
@@ -403,3 +413,50 @@
         session_upgrade(); /* if we /UPGRADEd, start the new process */
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int init_extint() {
+	size_t len = strlen(get_irssi_dir()) + 5;
+	char *filename = malloc(len);
+	snprintf(filename, len, "%s/cmd", get_irssi_dir());
+
+	int sd;
+	struct sockaddr_un local;
+	
+	sd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	local.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	strncpy(local.sun_path, filename, UNIX_PATH_MAX);
+	unlink(local.sun_path);	// make sure it's not there already
+	len = strlen(local.sun_path) + sizeof(local.sun_family);
+
+	// Non blocking, so the rest of the main loop will happen
+	fcntl(sd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+
+	bind(sd, (struct sockaddr *)&local, len);
+	listen(sd, 5);
+	return sd;
+}
+
+
+void check_extint(int sd) {
+	int len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_un);
+	struct sockaddr_un remote;
+	int csd;
+	csd = accept(sd, (struct sockaddr *)&remote, &len);
+	if (csd < 0)
+		return;
+	
+
+	char *line = malloc(1024);
+	if (line == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	// gui will not be responsive during this loop.  That's ok, since the client only sends one line
+	while ((len = recv(csd, line, 1024, 0))) {
+		if (len < 0)
+			return;
+		line[len]=0;	// die newline!
+		signal_emit("send command", 3, line, active_win->active_server, active_win->active);
+	}
+
+	free(line);
+}