Use slstatus

Makefile

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 include config.mk
 
-SRC = datetime.c main.c
-HDR = datetime.h
+SRC = status.c main.c
+HDR = status.h
 OBJ = $(SRC:.c=.o)
 
 all: options polytree-session

datetime.c

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#include "datetime.h"
-
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <X11/Xlib.h>
-
-static bool running = false;
-static Display *display = NULL;
-static pthread_t thread;
-static bool thread_created = false;
-
-static void *run(void *arg);
-
-bool datetime_start()
-{
-	// TODO: maybe we should assert
-	if (running) return false;
-	running = true;
-
-	if ((display = XOpenDisplay(NULL)) == NULL) {
-		datetime_stop();
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	if (!(thread_created = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, run, NULL) == 0)) {
-		datetime_stop();
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	return true;
-}
-
-void datetime_stop()
-{
-	// TODO: maybe we should assert
-	if (!running) return;
-	running = false;
-
-	if (thread_created) pthread_join(thread, NULL);
-	if (display) XCloseDisplay(display);
-}
-
-void *run(__attribute__((unused)) void *const arg)
-{
-	while (running) {
-		time_t curr_time;
-		time(&curr_time);
-
-		const struct tm *const curr_tm = localtime(&curr_time);
-
-		char buffer[256];
-		strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%a, %e %b %Y, %H:%M:%S", curr_tm);
-
-		XStoreName(display, DefaultRootWindow(display), buffer);
-		XSync(display, False);
-
-		sleep(1);
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}

datetime.h

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _DATETIME_H
-#define _DATETIME_H
-
-#include <stdbool.h>
-
-bool datetime_start();
-void datetime_stop();
-
-#endif // _DATETIME_H

main.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "datetime.h"
+#include "status.h"
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ int main()
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	datetime_start();
+	status_start();
 
 	int wm_status;
 	waitpid(wm_pid, &wm_status, 0);
 
-	datetime_stop();
+	status_stop();
 
 	exit(WEXITSTATUS(wm_status));
 }

status.c

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include "status.h"
+
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static bool running = false;
+static pid_t pid = 0;
+
+bool status_start()
+{
+	// TODO: maybe we should assert
+	if (running) return false;
+	running = true;
+
+	pid = fork();
+
+	if (pid == -1) {
+		status_stop();
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		char *const args[] = { "slstatus", NULL };
+		execvp(args[0], args);
+		perror("polytree-session: slstatus exec");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+void status_stop()
+{
+	// TODO: maybe we should assert
+	if (!running) return;
+	running = false;
+
+	kill(pid, SIGKILL);
+	waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
+}

status.h

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef _STATUS_H
+#define _STATUS_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+bool status_start();
+void status_stop();
+
+#endif // _STATUS_H