From 3cb09a8709b38083faa93e00ce2f559c02fe7ad0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: speedie <speedie@duck.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:44:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] potential fix for status crashing until a restart

---
 scripts/speedwm_status | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/speedwm_status b/scripts/speedwm_status
index 5315b6c..c6bc527 100755
--- a/scripts/speedwm_status
+++ b/scripts/speedwm_status
@@ -4,12 +4,28 @@
 
 STATUSBAR="speedwm-stellar" # should be stellar
 IN_ARGS="$@" # arguments
+LOADTEXT="Loading" # load text
 
 mkdir -p $HOME/.config/speedwm/
 
+# run status
+rstatus() {
+		while true; do
+				$STATUSBAR $IN_ARGS > /tmp/statusbar-log
+		done
+}
+
+# run loop
 statusfunc() {
-		pgrep -x $STATUSBAR || $STATUSBAR $IN_ARGS > /tmp/statusbar-log &
-		sleep 3
+		if pgrep -x $STATUSBAR > /dev/null; then
+				clear
+				printf "Status bar is already running, continuing loop."
+				sleep 3
+		else
+				speedwm -s "$LOADTEXT"
+				rstatus
+		fi
+
 		statusfunc
 }