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-rw-r--r--README.md5
-rw-r--r--config.def.h3
-rw-r--r--patch/include.c4
-rw-r--r--patch/include.h4
-rw-r--r--patch/selfrestart.c68
-rw-r--r--patch/selfrestart.h2
-rw-r--r--patches.h5
7 files changed, 90 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eea52ab..22dbed4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Refer to [https://dwm.suckless.org/](https://dwm.suckless.org/) for details on t
### Changelog:
-2019-09-14 - Added setborderpx patch
+2019-09-14 - Added setborderpx and selfrestart patches
2019-09-13 - Added titlecolor and push patches
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ Refer to [https://dwm.suckless.org/](https://dwm.suckless.org/) for details on t
- saves size and position of every floating window before it is forced into tiled mode
- if the window is made floating again then the old dimensions will be restored
+ - [selfrestart](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/selfrestart/)
+ - restart dwm without the unnecessary dependency of an external script
+
- [setborderpx](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/statuspadding/)
- this patch allows border pixels to be changed during runtime
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 82ca8ee..9803c9c 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ static Key keys[] = {
{ MODKEY, XK_z, showhideclient, {0} },
#endif // AWESOMEBAR_PATCH
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_c, killclient, {0} },
+ #if SELFRESTART_PATCH
+ { MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_r, self_restart, {0} },
+ #endif // SELFRESTART_PATCH
{ MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_q, quit, {0} },
{ MODKEY, XK_t, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[0]} },
{ MODKEY, XK_f, setlayout, {.v = &layouts[1]} },
diff --git a/patch/include.c b/patch/include.c
index 61ac167..8a76a60 100644
--- a/patch/include.c
+++ b/patch/include.c
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
#include "rotatestack.c"
#endif
+#if SELFRESTART_PATCH
+#include "selfrestart.c"
+#endif
+
#if SETBORDERPX_PATCH
#include "setborderpx.c"
#endif
diff --git a/patch/include.h b/patch/include.h
index fb427cf..924ffff 100644
--- a/patch/include.h
+++ b/patch/include.h
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
#include "rotatestack.h"
#endif
+#if SELFRESTART_PATCH
+#include "selfrestart.h"
+#endif
+
#if SETBORDERPX_PATCH
#include "setborderpx.h"
#endif
diff --git a/patch/selfrestart.c b/patch/selfrestart.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fa6527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/selfrestart.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/**
+ * Magically finds the current's executable path
+ *
+ * I'm doing the do{}while(); trick because Linux (what I'm running) is not
+ * POSIX compilant and so lstat() cannot be trusted on /proc entries
+ *
+ * @return char* the path of the current executable
+ */
+char *get_dwm_path()
+{
+ struct stat s;
+ int r, length, rate = 42;
+ char *path = NULL;
+
+ if (lstat("/proc/self/exe", &s) == -1) {
+ perror("lstat:");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ length = s.st_size + 1 - rate;
+
+ do
+ {
+ length+=rate;
+
+ free(path);
+ path = malloc(sizeof(char) * length);
+
+ if (path == NULL){
+ perror("malloc:");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ r = readlink("/proc/self/exe", path, length);
+
+ if (r == -1){
+ perror("readlink:");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ } while(r >= length);
+
+ path[r] = '\0';
+
+ return path;
+}
+
+/**
+ * self-restart
+ *
+ * Initially inspired by: Yu-Jie Lin
+ * https://sites.google.com/site/yjlnotes/notes/dwm
+ */
+void self_restart(const Arg *arg)
+{
+ char *const argv[] = {get_dwm_path(), NULL};
+
+ if (argv[0] == NULL) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ execv(argv[0], argv);
+} \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patch/selfrestart.h b/patch/selfrestart.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4af2436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/selfrestart.h
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+char *get_dwm_path();
+void self_restart(const Arg *arg); \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches.h b/patches.h
index 562d033..4b12fdc 100644
--- a/patches.h
+++ b/patches.h
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@
*/
#define SAVEFLOATS_PATCH 0
+/* Allows restarting dwm without the dependency of an external script.
+ * https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/selfrestart/
+ */
+#define SELFRESTART_PATCH 0
+
/* This patch allows border pixels to be changed during runtime.
* https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/setborderpx/
*/