X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fauto_detect_format.c;h=299614a0ba7ef6c27c57895d81d1630f0c3a4d11;hb=7728c35401cf53dc87832c9bb1b0bfe32fa1ed92;hp=b8dfdfc0231b92ee052fcc62917e37bcb93c76cd;hpb=7ab9167536e4ca0ccb5c5a797e693c484e0456d6;p=i3%2Fi3status

diff --git a/src/auto_detect_format.c b/src/auto_detect_format.c
index b8dfdfc..299614a 100644
--- a/src/auto_detect_format.c
+++ b/src/auto_detect_format.c
@@ -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 = "none";
+    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) {
@@ -136,6 +149,9 @@ char *auto_detect_format() {
     }
 
 out:
+    if (parentname)
+        free(parentname);
+
     closedir(dir);
 
     return format;