[dev] [dwm] execwm(), ie, self?

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

Hello,

i am in the process of switching to dwm+dmenu after many years of
cwm, it is hard, thank you, because of sxmo that i am looking
forward for, some day.
What do you think of another accessible function, like (draft)

diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 67c6b2bc6d..ca21a89098 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ typedef struct {
        int monitor;
 } Rule;
 
+static char **xargv;
+
 /* function declarations */
 static void applyrules(Client *c);
 static int applysizehints(Client *c, int *x, int *y, int *w, int *h, int 
interact);
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ static void setup(void);
 static void seturgent(Client *c, int urg);
 static void showhide(Client *c);
 static void spawn(const Arg *arg);
+static void execwm(const Arg *arg);
 static void tag(const Arg *arg);
 static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
 static void tile(Monitor *m);
@@ -1666,6 +1669,16 @@ spawn(const Arg *arg)
        }
 }
 
+void
+execwm(const Arg *arg)
+{
+       setsid();
+       execvp(((char **)arg->v)[0], (char **)arg->v);
+       fprintf(stderr, "dwm: execvp wm '%s' failed:", ((char **)arg->v)[0]);
+       execvp(xargv[0], xargv);
+       die("dwm: re-exec failed:");
+}
+
 void
 tag(const Arg *arg)
 {
@@ -2143,6 +2156,7 @@ zoom(const Arg *arg)
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+       xargv = argv;
        if (argc == 2 && !strcmp("-v", argv[1]))
                die("dwm-"VERSION);
        else if (argc != 1)

--steffen
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