From 4901b5d77d73db59f0c1545719ec6d1404aad979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cashmere <cashmere@autistici.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:21:37 +0200
Subject: Run detached and reload config live

---
 src/state.rs | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/state.rs')

diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index 2853731..dc7ff15 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -188,6 +188,44 @@ impl State {
             .map(|cmd| cmd.output.as_raw_fd())
     }
 
+    pub fn reload_config(
+        &mut self,
+        conn: &mut Connection<Self>,
+        config_path: &Path,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<Option<RawFd>> {
+        let config = Config::new(Some(config_path))?;
+        let command_changed = config.command != self.shared_state.config.command;
+        let status_cmd = if command_changed {
+            match config.command.as_deref() {
+                Some(command) => Some(StatusCmd::new(command)?),
+                None => None,
+            }
+        } else {
+            self.shared_state.status_cmd.take()
+        };
+
+        if command_changed && let Some(mut old_status_cmd) = self.shared_state.status_cmd.take() {
+            let _ = old_status_cmd.child.kill();
+        }
+
+        self.shared_state.config = config;
+        self.shared_state.status_cmd = status_cmd;
+        if command_changed || self.has_error {
+            self.shared_state.blocks_cache = BlocksCache::default();
+        } else {
+            self.shared_state
+                .blocks_cache
+                .config_changed(&self.shared_state.config);
+        }
+        self.has_error = false;
+        for bar in &mut self.bars {
+            bar.config_changed(conn, &self.shared_state);
+        }
+        self.draw_all(conn);
+
+        Ok(command_changed.then(|| self.status_cmd_fd()).flatten())
+    }
+
     pub fn register_output(&mut self, conn: &mut Connection<Self>, output: Output) {
         if !self.shared_state.config.output_enabled(&output.name) {
             return;
@@ -264,7 +302,11 @@ impl State {
         });
     }
 
-    pub fn focused_window_updated(&mut self, conn: &mut Connection<Self>, output: Option<WlOutput>) {
+    pub fn focused_window_updated(
+        &mut self,
+        conn: &mut Connection<Self>,
+        output: Option<WlOutput>,
+    ) {
         self.for_each_bar(output, |bar, ss| {
             bar.set_focused_window(ss.wm_info_provider.get_focused_window(&bar.output));
             bar.frame(conn, ss);
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