clickable tags patch improvement

contrib/clickable-tags-using-wtype.patch

@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ Subject: [PATCH somebar] clickable tags using wtype
 ---
  src/bar.cpp        |  3 ++-
  src/common.hpp     |  2 ++
- src/config.def.hpp |  2 ++
- src/main.cpp       | 11 +++++++++++
- 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ src/config.def.hpp |  5 +++++
+ src/main.cpp       | 15 +++++++++++++++
+ 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
 diff --git a/src/bar.cpp b/src/bar.cpp
-index 507ce62..c2f2a27 100644
+index af92f49..8b68759 100644
 --- a/src/bar.cpp
 +++ b/src/bar.cpp
 @@ -182,9 +182,10 @@ void Bar::click(Monitor* mon, int x, int, int btn)
  	} else if (x > _layoutCmp.x) {
  		control = ClkLayoutSymbol;
- 	} else for (auto tag = _tags.size()-1; tag >= 0; tag--) {
+ 	} else for (int tag = _tags.size()-1; tag >= 0; tag--) {
 +		// you may need logic to skip tags if they are hidden elsewhere.
  		if (x > _tags[tag].component.x) {
  			control = ClkTagBar;
@@ -39,10 +39,20 @@ index c905358..a386029 100644
  void setCloexec(int fd);
  [[noreturn]] void die(const char* why);
 diff --git a/src/config.def.hpp b/src/config.def.hpp
-index 40a8c95..2bdf507 100644
+index 40a8c95..de193ea 100644
 --- a/src/config.def.hpp
 +++ b/src/config.def.hpp
-@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ static std::vector<std::string> tagNames = {
+@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
+ #pragma once
+ #include "common.hpp"
+ 
++#define WTYPE "/usr/bin/wtype"
++#define MODKEY "alt"
++
+ constexpr bool topbar = true;
+ 
+ constexpr int paddingX = 10;
+@@ -23,5 +26,7 @@ static std::vector<std::string> tagNames = {
  };
  
  constexpr Button buttons[] = {
@@ -51,27 +61,31 @@ index 40a8c95..2bdf507 100644
  	{ ClkStatusText,   BTN_RIGHT,  spawn,      {.v = termcmd} },
  };
 diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
-index 6274959..14a6e4f 100644
+index 6274959..3c35b20 100644
 --- a/src/main.cpp
 +++ b/src/main.cpp
-@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ static int statusFifoFd {-1};
+@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ static int statusFifoFd {-1};
  static int statusFifoWriter {-1};
  static bool quitting {false};
  
 +// update keybindings to match your dwl
 +void view(Monitor& m, const Arg& arg)
 +{
-+	int tag = arg.ui + 1;
-+	system((std::string("wtype -M alt ") + std::to_string(tag) ).c_str());
++	char tag[2];
++	snprintf(tag, 2, "%i", arg.ui + 1);
++	if(fork() == 0)
++		execl(WTYPE, "wtype", "-M", MODKEY, tag, (char*)NULL);
 +}
 +void tag(Monitor& m, const Arg& arg)
 +{
-+	int tag = arg.ui + 1;
-+	system((std::string("wtype -M alt -M shift ") + std::to_string(tag) ).c_str());
++	char tag[2];
++	snprintf(tag, 2, "%i", arg.ui + 1);
++	if(fork() == 0)
++		execl(WTYPE, "wtype", "-M", MODKEY, "-M", "shift", tag, (char*)NULL);
 +}
  void spawn(Monitor&, const Arg& arg)
  {
  	if (fork() == 0) {
 -- 
-2.40.0
+2.40.1