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@@ -129,12 +129,20 @@ cheap. ## Development -Run it in the foreground to see Lua output, which is the only debugging channel: +After editing `dashboard.lua` or a widget: - conky -c ~/.config/conky/conky.conf + ./restart.sh -Conky has no hot-reload, so kill any running instance first (`pkill -x conky`) -rather than ending up with two. +Conky never rereads its config and the Lua is symlinked into `~/.config/conky/`, +so a restart is the whole update path. The script syntax-checks first and +refuses to restart on a Lua error, since the alternative is a blank screen with +no message. Only a change to `conky.conf.in` or the palette needs UDT's +`install.sh` to re-render first. + +To see Lua output, which is the only debugging channel, run it in the +foreground instead: + + pkill -x conky; conky -c ~/.config/conky/conky.conf Run the parser and layout checks: diff --git a/restart.sh b/restart.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000..f99ca98 --- /dev/null +++ b/restart.sh @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +#!/bin/bash +# Restart the dashboard after editing dashboard.lua or a widget. +# +# Conky never rereads its config, and the Lua is symlinked into +# ~/.config/conky/, so a restart is the whole update path. Only a change to +# conky.conf.in or the palette needs UDT's install.sh to re-render first. +# +# Relaunched through hyprctl with `[workspace special:dash silent]`: the +# dashboard's window rule puts it on that workspace but cannot suppress the +# switch to it, so a plain exec throws the dashboard up over whatever is on +# screen. + +set -u + +CONF="$HOME/.config/conky/conky.conf" + +if [ ! -e "$CONF" ]; then + echo "restart: no $CONF (run ../unified-desktop-theme/install.sh first)" >&2 + exit 1 +fi + +# Syntax-check first: a Lua error is a blank screen with no message, so it is +# worth catching here rather than discovering it on the workspace. +if ! luac -p dashboard.lua lib/*.lua widgets/*.lua; then + echo "restart: Lua syntax error, not restarting" >&2 + exit 1 +fi + +pkill -x conky 2>/dev/null && sleep 0.5 + +if command -v hyprctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -n "${HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE:-}" ]; then + hyprctl dispatch \ + "hl.dsp.exec_cmd(\"[workspace special:dash silent] conky -c $CONF -d\")" \ + >/dev/null +else + (conky -c "$CONF" -d >/dev/null 2>&1 &) +fi + +sleep 1 +if pgrep -x conky >/dev/null; then + echo "dashboard restarted" +else + echo "restart: conky did not come up; run it in the foreground to see why:" >&2 + echo " conky -c $CONF" >&2 + exit 1 +fi |