From 5ff59d4e8ba9c64963d36c8ea51e7a1d644aef48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aidan <torrinfail@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 13:58:20 -0700
Subject: Made dwmblocks way more efficient by only setting the name of the
root window when something has changed.
---
dwmblocks.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dwmblocks.c b/dwmblocks.c
index 2db3489..71760aa 100644
--- a/dwmblocks.c
+++ b/dwmblocks.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void replace(char *str, char old, char new);
void getcmds(int time);
void getsigcmds(int signal);
void setupsignals();
-void getstatus(char *str);
+int getstatus(char *str, char *last);
void setroot();
void statusloop();
void statusinit();
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ static Display *dpy;
static int screen;
static Window root;
static char statusbar[LENGTH(blocks)][50] = {0};
-static char statusstr[256];
-static char *statuscat;
-static const char *volupcmd[] = { "volup", NULL };
-static const char *voldowncmd[] = { "voldown", NULL };
-static const char *volmutecmd[] = { "volmute", NULL };
-static int statusContinue = 1,volmuted = 0;
+static char statusstr[2][256];
+static int statusContinue = 1;
void replace(char *str, char old, char new)
{
@@ -97,27 +93,29 @@ void setupsignals()
}
-void getstatus(char *str)
+int getstatus(char *str, char *last)
{
+ strcpy(last, str);
int j = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); j+=strlen(statusbar[i++]))
{
strcpy(str + j, statusbar[i]);
}
str[--j] = '\0';
-
+ return strcmp(str, last);//0 if they are the same
}
void setroot()
{
+ if (!getstatus(statusstr[0], statusstr[1]))//Only set root if text has changed.
+ return;
Display *d = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
if (d) {
dpy = d;
}
screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
- getstatus(statusstr);
- XStoreName(dpy, root, statusstr);
+ XStoreName(dpy, root, statusstr[0]);
XCloseDisplay(dpy);
}
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