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       applied Neale Pickett's xprop status reading patch, updated README and dwm.1 accordingly - dwm - dynamic window manager
  HTML git clone https://git.parazyd.org/dwm
   DIR Log
   DIR Files
   DIR Refs
   DIR README
   DIR LICENSE
       ---
   DIR commit 0b5dcf229f64a23438e6ef5929d78b7f9bd48355
   DIR parent fda92f46aadb4a344e52f3c560a63c9733606e3e
  HTML Author: a@null <unknown>
       Date:   Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:49:06 +0000
       
       applied Neale Pickett's xprop status reading patch, updated README and dwm.1 accordingly
       Diffstat:
         M README                              |       2 +-
         M config.def.h                        |       1 -
         M dwm.1                               |      14 +++++++-------
         M dwm.c                               |      87 ++++++++-----------------------
       
       4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
       ---
   DIR diff --git a/README b/README
       @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ like this in your .xinitrc:
        
            while true
            do
       -        echo `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`
       +        xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`"
                sleep 1
            done | dwm
        
   DIR diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
       @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ static unsigned int borderpx        = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
        static unsigned int snap            = 32;       /* snap pixel */
        static Bool showbar                 = True;     /* False means no bar */
        static Bool topbar                  = True;     /* False means bottom bar */
       -static Bool readin                  = True;     /* False means do not read stdin */
        static Bool usegrab                 = False;    /* True means grabbing the X server
                                                           during mouse-based resizals */
        
   DIR diff --git a/dwm.1 b/dwm.1
       @@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
        tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
        .P
        dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
       -the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. A
       -floating window is indicated with an empty square and a maximised
       -floating window is indicated with a filled square before the windows
       -title.  The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of
       -the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the top left
       -corner.  The tags which are applied to one or more windows are indicated
       -with an empty square in the top left corner.
       +the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window name
       +property. A floating window is indicated with an empty square and a maximised
       +floating window is indicated with a filled square before the windows title.
       +The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
       +window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner.  The tags
       +which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in
       +the top left corner.
        .P
        dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
        .SH OPTIONS
   DIR diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
       @@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
         * events about window (dis-)appearance.  Only one X connection at a time is
         * allowed to select for this event mask.
         *
       - * Calls to fetch an X event from the event queue are blocking.  Due reading
       - * status text from standard input, a select()-driven main loop has been
       - * implemented which selects for reads on the X connection and STDIN_FILENO to
       - * handle all data smoothly. The event handlers of dwm are organized in an
       - * array which is accessed whenever a new event has been fetched. This allows
       - * event dispatching in O(1) time.
       + * The event handlers of dwm are organized in an array which is accessed
       + * whenever a new event has been fetched. This allows event dispatching
       + * in O(1) time.
         *
         * Each child of the root window is called a client, except windows which have
         * set the override_redirect flag.  Clients are organized in a global
       @@ -30,7 +27,6 @@
        #include <stdlib.h>
        #include <string.h>
        #include <unistd.h>
       -#include <sys/select.h>
        #include <sys/types.h>
        #include <sys/wait.h>
        #include <X11/cursorfont.h>
       @@ -196,6 +192,7 @@ static void updatebar(void);
        static void updategeom(void);
        static void updatenumlockmask(void);
        static void updatesizehints(Client *c);
       +static void updatestatus(void);
        static void updatetitle(Client *c);
        static void updatewmhints(Client *c);
        static void view(const Arg *arg);
       @@ -998,9 +995,11 @@ propertynotify(XEvent *e) {
                Window trans;
                XPropertyEvent *ev = &e->xproperty;
        
       -        if(ev->state == PropertyDelete)
       +        if((ev->window == root) && (ev->atom = XA_WM_NAME))
       +                updatestatus();
       +        else if(ev->state == PropertyDelete)
                        return; /* ignore */
       -        if((c = getclient(ev->window))) {
       +        else if((c = getclient(ev->window))) {
                        switch (ev->atom) {
                        default: break;
                        case XA_WM_TRANSIENT_FOR:
       @@ -1026,7 +1025,7 @@ propertynotify(XEvent *e) {
        
        void
        quit(const Arg *arg) {
       -        readin = running = False;
       +        running = False;
        }
        
        void
       @@ -1180,60 +1179,13 @@ restack(void) {
        
        void
        run(void) {
       -        char *p;
       -        char sbuf[sizeof stext];
       -        fd_set rd;
       -        int r, xfd;
       -        unsigned int len, offset;
                XEvent ev;
        
       -        /* main event loop, also reads status text from stdin */
       +        /* main event loop */
                XSync(dpy, False);
       -        xfd = ConnectionNumber(dpy);
       -        offset = 0;
       -        len = sizeof stext - 1;
       -        sbuf[len] = stext[len] = '\0'; /* 0-terminator is never touched */
       -        while(running) {
       -                FD_ZERO(&rd);
       -                if(readin)
       -                        FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &rd);
       -                FD_SET(xfd, &rd);
       -                if(select(xfd + 1, &rd, NULL, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
       -                        if(errno == EINTR)
       -                                continue;
       -                        die("select failed\n");
       -                }
       -                if(FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &rd)) {
       -                        switch((r = read(STDIN_FILENO, sbuf + offset, len - offset))) {
       -                        case -1:
       -                                strncpy(stext, strerror(errno), len);
       -                                readin = False;
       -                                break;
       -                        case 0:
       -                                strncpy(stext, "EOF", 4);
       -                                readin = False;
       -                                break;
       -                        default:
       -                                for(p = sbuf + offset; r > 0; p++, r--, offset++)
       -                                        if(*p == '\n' || *p == '\0') {
       -                                                *p = '\0';
       -                                                strncpy(stext, sbuf, len);
       -                                                p += r - 1; /* p is sbuf + offset + r - 1 */
       -                                                for(r = 0; *(p - r) && *(p - r) != '\n'; r++);
       -                                                offset = r;
       -                                                if(r)
       -                                                        memmove(sbuf, p - r + 1, r);
       -                                                break;
       -                                        }
       -                                break;
       -                        }
       -                        drawbar();
       -                }
       -                while(XPending(dpy)) {
       -                        XNextEvent(dpy, &ev);
       -                        if(handler[ev.type])
       -                                (handler[ev.type])(&ev); /* call handler */
       -                }
       +        while(running && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
       +                if(handler[ev.type])
       +                        (handler[ev.type])(&ev); /* call handler */
                }
        }
        
       @@ -1356,8 +1308,7 @@ setup(void) {
                                CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
                XDefineCursor(dpy, barwin, cursor[CurNormal]);
                XMapRaised(dpy, barwin);
       -        strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
       -        drawbar();
       +        updatestatus();
        
                /* EWMH support per view */
                XChangeProperty(dpy, root, netatom[NetSupported], XA_ATOM, 32,
       @@ -1365,7 +1316,8 @@ setup(void) {
        
                /* select for events */
                wa.event_mask = SubstructureRedirectMask|SubstructureNotifyMask|ButtonPressMask
       -                        |EnterWindowMask|LeaveWindowMask|StructureNotifyMask;
       +                        |EnterWindowMask|LeaveWindowMask|StructureNotifyMask
       +                        |PropertyChangeMask;
                XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, root, CWEventMask|CWCursor, &wa);
                XSelectInput(dpy, root, wa.event_mask);
        
       @@ -1647,6 +1599,13 @@ updatetitle(Client *c) {
        }
        
        void
       +updatestatus() {
       +        if(!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, stext, sizeof(stext)))
       +                strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
       +        drawbar();
       +}
       +
       +void
        updatewmhints(Client *c) {
                XWMHints *wmh;