The currently available patch reads /proc/self/exe, which fails when
recompiling (Why else would I want to restart dwm?)
This patch simply saves the commandline arguments on startup and re-executes
them.
---
dwm.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 664c527..9e8160f 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ static int xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
static int xerrordummy(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
static int xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
static void zoom(const Arg *arg);
+static void restart(const Arg *arg);
/* variables */
static const char broken[] = "broken";
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ static Display *dpy;
static Drw *drw;
static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
static Window root, wmcheckwin;
+static char **argv;
/* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
#include "config.h"
@@ -2127,9 +2129,17 @@ zoom(const Arg *arg)
pop(c);
}
+void
+restart(const Arg *arg)
+{
+ execvp(argv[0], argv);
+}
+
int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
+main(int argc, char *_argv[])
{
+ argv = _argv;
+
if (argc == 2 && !strcmp("-v", argv[1]))
die("dwm-"VERSION);
else if (argc != 1)
--
2.30.1
