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+static const Block blocks[] = {
+ {"/home/aidan/bin/statusbar/volume", 0, 10},
+ {"/home/aidan/bin/statusbar/brightness", 0, 11},
+ {"/home/aidan/bin/statusbar/battery", 5, 0},
+ {"/home/aidan/bin/statusbar/clock", 5, 0},
+};
--- /dev/null
+#include<stdlib.h>
+#include<stdio.h>
+#include<string.h>
+#include<unistd.h>
+#include<signal.h>
+//#include<X11/Xutil.h>
+#include<X11/Xlib.h>
+//#include <X11/Xatom.h>
+#define LENGTH(X) (sizeof(X) / sizeof (X[0]))
+typedef struct {
+ char* command;
+ unsigned int interval;
+ unsigned int signal;
+} Block;
+void sighandler(int num);
+
+#include "blocks.h"
+
+static Display *dpy;
+static int screen;
+static Window root;
+static char statusbar[LENGTH(blocks)][50] = {0};
+static char setrootcmd[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;
+
+void replace(char *str, char old, char new)
+{
+ int N = strlen(str);
+ for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
+ if(str[i] == old)
+ str[i] = new;
+}
+
+
+void getcmd(char *cmd, char *output)
+{
+ FILE *cmdf = popen(cmd,"r");
+ if (!cmdf)
+ return;
+ int N = strlen(output);
+ char c;
+ int i = 0;
+ while((c = fgetc(cmdf)) != EOF)
+ output[i++] = c;
+ output[i++] = '\0';
+ pclose(cmdf);
+}
+
+void getcmds(int time)
+{
+ const Block* current;
+ for(int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++)
+ {
+ current = blocks + i;
+ if ((current->interval != 0 && time % current->interval == 0) || time == -1)
+ getcmd(current->command,statusbar[i]);
+ }
+}
+
+void getsigcmds(int signal)
+{
+ const Block *current;
+ for (int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++)
+ {
+ current = blocks + i;
+ if (current->signal == signal)
+ getcmd(current->command,statusbar[i]);
+ }
+}
+
+void setupsignals()
+{
+ for(int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++)
+ {
+ if (blocks[i].signal > 0)
+ signal(SIGRTMIN+blocks[i].signal, sighandler);
+ }
+
+}
+
+void getstatus(char *str)
+{
+ int j = 0;//15;
+ for(int i = 0; i < 5; j+=strlen(statusbar[i++]))
+ {
+ strcpy(str + j, statusbar[i]);
+ }
+ //for (;j < LENGTH(str);j++)
+ str[j] = '\0';
+
+}
+
+void setroot()
+{
+ Display *d = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
+ if (d) {
+ dpy = d;
+ }
+ screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
+ root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
+ getstatus(setrootcmd);
+ replace(setrootcmd,'\n',' ');
+ replace(setrootcmd,EOF,' ');
+ //printf("%s\n",setrootcmd);
+ XStoreName(dpy, root, setrootcmd);
+ XCloseDisplay(dpy);
+}
+
+
+void *statusloop()
+{
+ setupsignals();
+ int i = 0;
+ getcmds(-1);
+ while(statusContinue)
+ {
+ getcmds(i);
+ setroot();
+ sleep(1.0);
+ i++;
+ }
+}
+
+void statusinit()
+{
+ statusloop();
+}
+
+
+void sighandler(int signum)
+{
+ getsigcmds(signum-SIGRTMIN);
+ setroot();
+}
+
+void termhandler(int signum)
+{
+ statusContinue = 0;
+ exit(0);
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+ signal(SIGTERM, termhandler);
+ signal(SIGINT, termhandler);
+ statusinit();
+}