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commit 310ec860001ad6825d96aae99984dca9121bdc6f
parent b8b111ce2aa1e1f183c8d219259864f1b729c946
Author: Andrew Laack <andrew@laack.co>
Date:   Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:06:29 -0500

Added retry patch to make xl work with dwm

Diffstat:
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main.c
 | 
25
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1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
@@ -63,9 +63,28 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     }
 
     root = DefaultRootWindow(display);
-    XGrabPointer(display, root, 1, ButtonPress, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync, None, None, CurrentTime);
-    XGrabKeyboard(display, root, 0, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime);
-    XSelectInput(display, root, KeyPressMask);
+    for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+        if (XGrabPointer(display, root, 1, ButtonPress, GrabModeAsync,
+                         GrabModeAsync, None, None, CurrentTime) == GrabSuccess)
+            break;
+        usleep(1000);
+    }
+    if (i == 1000) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "could not grab pointer\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+        if (XGrabKeyboard(display, root, 0, GrabModeAsync,
+                          GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) == GrabSuccess)
+            break;
+        usleep(1000);
+    }
+    if (i == 1000) {
+        XUngrabPointer(display, CurrentTime);
+        fprintf(stderr, "could not grab keyboard\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
 
     while (XNextEvent(display, &ev), 1) {
 	if (ev.type == KeyPress) {