update

config.h

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar             = 1;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
 static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=10" };
 static const char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=10";
-static const char col_gray1[]       = "#222222";
+static const char col_gray1[]       = "#800000";
 static const char col_gray2[]       = "#444444";
 static const char col_gray3[]       = "#bbbbbb";
 static const char col_gray4[]       = "#eeeeee";
-static const char col_cyan[]        = "#005577";
+static const char col_cyan[]        = "#ff0000";
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
 	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 	{ "[M]",      monocle },
 	{ NULL,       NULL },
 };
+static const char *const autostart[] = {
+	"slstatus", NULL,
+	NULL /* terminate */
+};
 
 /* key definitions */
 #define MODKEY Mod4Mask

dwm-exkc.c

@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ static int xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
 static int xerrordummy(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
 static int xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
 static void zoom(const Arg *arg);
-
+static void autostart_exec(void);
+ 
 /* variables */
 static const char broken[] = "broken";
 static char stext[256];
@@ -276,6 +277,33 @@ static Window root, wmcheckwin;
 
 /* compile-time check if all tags fit into an unsigned int bit array. */
 struct NumTags { char limitexceeded[LENGTH(tags) > 31 ? -1 : 1]; };
+/* dwm will keep pid's of processes from autostart array and kill them at quit */
+static pid_t *autostart_pids;
+static size_t autostart_len;
+
+/* execute command from autostart array */
+static void
+autostart_exec() {
+	const char *const *p;
+	size_t i = 0;
+
+	/* count entries */
+	for (p = autostart; *p; autostart_len++, p++)
+		while (*++p);
+
+	autostart_pids = malloc(autostart_len * sizeof(pid_t));
+	for (p = autostart; *p; i++, p++) {
+		if ((autostart_pids[i] = fork()) == 0) {
+			setsid();
+			execvp(*p, (char *const *)p);
+			fprintf(stderr, "dwm: execvp %s\n", *p);
+			perror(" failed");
+			_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+		/* skip arguments */
+		while (*++p);
+	}
+}
 
 /* function implementations */
 void
@@ -1266,6 +1294,16 @@ drawbars();
 void
 quit(const Arg *arg)
 {
+size_t i;
+
+	/* kill child processes */
+	for (i = 0; i < autostart_len; i++) {
+		if (0 < autostart_pids[i]) {
+			kill(autostart_pids[i], SIGTERM);
+			waitpid(autostart_pids[i], NULL, 0);
+		}
+	}
+
 	running = 0;
 }
 
@@ -1649,10 +1687,27 @@ showhide(Client *c)
 void
 sigchld(int unused)
 {
+pid_t pid;
+
+
 	if (signal(SIGCHLD, sigchld) == SIG_ERR)
 		die("can't install SIGCHLD handler:");
-	while (0 < waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG));
-}
+while (0 < (pid = waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG))) {
+		pid_t *p, *lim;
+
+		if (!(p = autostart_pids))
+			continue;
+		lim = &p[autostart_len];
+
+		for (; p < lim; p++) {
+			if (*p == pid) {
+				*p = -1;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+ }
 
 void
 spawn(const Arg *arg)
@@ -2157,6 +2212,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!(dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
 		die("dwm-exkc: cannot open display");
 	checkotherwm();
+autostart_exec();
 	setup();
 #ifdef __OpenBSD__
 	if (pledge("stdio rpath proc exec", NULL) == -1)

patches/dwm-cool-autostart-6.2.diff

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 1c0b587..ed056a4 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
+ 	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
+ };
+ 
++static const char *const autostart[] = {
++	"st", NULL,
++	NULL /* terminate */
++};
++
+ /* tagging */
+ static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
+ 
+diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
+index 9fd0286..1facd56 100644
+--- a/dwm.c
++++ b/dwm.c
+@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ static int xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
+ static int xerrordummy(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
+ static int xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
+ static void zoom(const Arg *arg);
++static void autostart_exec(void);
+ 
+ /* variables */
+ static const char broken[] = "broken";
+@@ -275,6 +276,34 @@ static Window root, wmcheckwin;
+ /* compile-time check if all tags fit into an unsigned int bit array. */
+ struct NumTags { char limitexceeded[LENGTH(tags) > 31 ? -1 : 1]; };
+ 
++/* dwm will keep pid's of processes from autostart array and kill them at quit */
++static pid_t *autostart_pids;
++static size_t autostart_len;
++
++/* execute command from autostart array */
++static void
++autostart_exec() {
++	const char *const *p;
++	size_t i = 0;
++
++	/* count entries */
++	for (p = autostart; *p; autostart_len++, p++)
++		while (*++p);
++
++	autostart_pids = malloc(autostart_len * sizeof(pid_t));
++	for (p = autostart; *p; i++, p++) {
++		if ((autostart_pids[i] = fork()) == 0) {
++			setsid();
++			execvp(*p, (char *const *)p);
++			fprintf(stderr, "dwm: execvp %s\n", *p);
++			perror(" failed");
++			_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
++		}
++		/* skip arguments */
++		while (*++p);
++	}
++}
++
+ /* function implementations */
+ void
+ applyrules(Client *c)
+@@ -1249,6 +1278,16 @@ propertynotify(XEvent *e)
+ void
+ quit(const Arg *arg)
+ {
++	size_t i;
++
++	/* kill child processes */
++	for (i = 0; i < autostart_len; i++) {
++		if (0 < autostart_pids[i]) {
++			kill(autostart_pids[i], SIGTERM);
++			waitpid(autostart_pids[i], NULL, 0);
++		}
++	}
++
+ 	running = 0;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -1632,9 +1671,25 @@ showhide(Client *c)
+ void
+ sigchld(int unused)
+ {
++	pid_t pid;
++
+ 	if (signal(SIGCHLD, sigchld) == SIG_ERR)
+ 		die("can't install SIGCHLD handler:");
+-	while (0 < waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG));
++	while (0 < (pid = waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG))) {
++		pid_t *p, *lim;
++
++		if (!(p = autostart_pids))
++			continue;
++		lim = &p[autostart_len];
++
++		for (; p < lim; p++) {
++			if (*p == pid) {
++				*p = -1;
++				break;
++			}
++		}
++
++	}
+ }
+ 
+ void
+@@ -2139,6 +2194,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 	if (!(dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
+ 		die("dwm: cannot open display");
+ 	checkotherwm();
++	autostart_exec();
+ 	setup();
+ #ifdef __OpenBSD__
+ 	if (pledge("stdio rpath proc exec", NULL) == -1)
+