On Fri, 07 Jan 2022 08:29:50 +0000 Xaro <c...@heaven.ist> wrote:
> Hello, > > I have an application that reads some Xresources file configs to > update its theme. > > So i use XOpenDisplay, XResourceManagerString and > XrmGetStringDatabase from libx11 to get the fields that i want. > > My problem is when the user update the Xresources file then run `xrdb > ~/.Xresources` my version of the database is not updated, and i dont > know how to detect such an event. > > I can retrieve the theme for example every 10 seconds but that is too > much. Is there a way or a blocking function I can use to detect if > the SCREEN_RESOURCES property for a screen has been updated so that i > can retrieve it and update the application theme? > > I'm not very knowledgeable about C or X11 in general but I'm trying > my best to learn, couldn't find what i want in the documentation. > > If someone knows the direction i should be looking for I will really > appreciate it. Probably worth looking at man inotify (7) > Thanks.
