5 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/commands.c b/src/core/commands.c
index 3e189913..b2151c1e 100644
--- a/src/core/commands.c
+++ b/src/core/commands.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ void commands_init(void)
 	cmdget_funcs = NULL;
 	current_command = NULL;
 
-	signal_default_command = module_get_uniq_id_str("signals", "default command");
+	signal_default_command = signal_get_uniq_id("default command");
 
 	settings_add_str("misc", "cmdchars", "/");
 	signal_add("send command", (SIGNAL_FUNC) event_command);
diff --git a/src/core/pidwait.c b/src/core/pidwait.c
index 7f6d77e3..1c0ef775 100644
--- a/src/core/pidwait.c
+++ b/src/core/pidwait.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void pidwait_init(void)
 	pids = NULL;
 	childcheck_tag = g_timeout_add(1000, (GSourceFunc) child_check, NULL);
 
-	signal_pidwait = module_get_uniq_id_str("signals", "pidwait");
+	signal_pidwait = signal_get_uniq_id("pidwait");
 }
 
 void pidwait_deinit(void)
diff --git a/src/core/rawlog.c b/src/core/rawlog.c
index 8193f26f..3f422fa1 100644
--- a/src/core/rawlog.c
+++ b/src/core/rawlog.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static void read_settings(void)
 
 void rawlog_init(void)
 {
-	signal_rawlog = module_get_uniq_id_str("signals", "rawlog");
+	signal_rawlog = signal_get_uniq_id("rawlog");
 
 	settings_add_int("history", "rawlog_lines", 200);
 	read_settings();
diff --git a/src/core/signals.c b/src/core/signals.c
index f29d9b59..84cbb79d 100644
--- a/src/core/signals.c
+++ b/src/core/signals.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void signal_add_to(const char *module, int pos, const char *signal, SIGNAL_FUNC
 	g_return_if_fail(func != NULL);
 	g_return_if_fail(pos >= 0 && pos < SIGNAL_LISTS);
 
-	signal_id = module_get_uniq_id_str("signals", signal);
+	signal_id = signal_get_uniq_id(signal);
 
 	rec = g_hash_table_lookup(signals, GINT_TO_POINTER(signal_id));
 	if (rec == NULL) {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void signal_remove(const char *signal, SIGNAL_FUNC func)
 	g_return_if_fail(signal != NULL);
 	g_return_if_fail(func != NULL);
 
-	signal_id = module_get_uniq_id_str("signals", signal);
+	signal_id = signal_get_uniq_id(signal);
 
 	rec = g_hash_table_lookup(signals, GINT_TO_POINTER(signal_id));
 	found = rec == NULL ? 0 : signal_remove_from_lists(rec, signal_id, func);
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int signal_emit(const char *signal, int params, ...)
 	int signal_id, ret;
 
 	/* get arguments */
-	signal_id = module_get_uniq_id_str("signals", signal);
+	signal_id = signal_get_uniq_id(signal);
 
 	va_start(va, params);
 	ret = signal_emitv_id(signal_id, params, va);
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void signal_stop_by_name(const char *signal)
 	SIGNAL_REC *rec;
 	int signal_id;
 
-	signal_id = module_get_uniq_id_str("signals", signal);
+	signal_id = signal_get_uniq_id(signal);
 	rec = g_hash_table_lookup(signals, GINT_TO_POINTER(signal_id));
 	if (rec == NULL)
 		g_warning("signal_stop_by_name() : unknown signal \"%s\"", signal);
diff --git a/src/core/signals.h b/src/core/signals.h
index 613aa245..ad684ab5 100644
--- a/src/core/signals.h
+++ b/src/core/signals.h
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ typedef void (*SIGNAL_FUNC) (gconstpointer, gconstpointer, gconstpointer, gconst
 void signals_init(void);
 void signals_deinit(void);
 
+/* use this macro to convert the signal name to ID */
+#define signal_get_uniq_id(signal) \
+        module_get_uniq_id_str("signals", signal)
+
 /* bind a signal */
 void signal_add_to(const char *module, int pos, const char *signal, SIGNAL_FUNC func);
 #define signal_add(a, b) signal_add_to(MODULE_NAME, 1, a, b)