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[i3/i3status] / src / auto_detect_format.c

diff --git a/src/auto_detect_format.c b/src/auto_detect_format.c
index b8dfdfc0231b92ee052fcc62917e37bcb93c76cd..46e5f95937052a22d449e781efc760c99f60289a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/auto_detect_format.c
+++ b/src/auto_detect_format.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * We then check whether the pipe target’s name is known and chose the format.
  *
  */
-char *auto_detect_format() {
+char *auto_detect_format(void) {
     pid_t myppid = getppid();
     pid_t mypid = getpid();
 
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ char *auto_detect_format() {
     if (!parentname)
         goto out;
 
+    /* Some shells, for example zsh, open a pipe in a way which will make the
+     * pipe target the parent process of i3status. If we detect that, we set
+     * the format and we are done. */
+    if (strcasecmp(parentname, "i3bar") == 0)
+        format = "i3bar";
+    else if (strcasecmp(parentname, "dzen2") == 0)
+        format = "dzen2";
+    else if (strcasecmp(parentname, "xmobar") == 0)
+        format = "xmobar";
+
+    if (format)
+        goto out;
+
     rewinddir(dir);
 
     while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
@@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ char *auto_detect_format() {
         /* Check for known destination programs and set format */
         char *newfmt = NULL;
         if (strcasecmp(name, "i3bar") == 0)
-            newfmt = "none";
+            newfmt = "i3bar";
         else if (strcasecmp(name, "dzen2") == 0)
             newfmt = "dzen2";
         else if (strcasecmp(name, "xmobar") == 0)
@@ -136,6 +149,9 @@ char *auto_detect_format() {
     }
 
 out:
+    if (parentname)
+        free(parentname);
+
     closedir(dir);
 
     return format;