#!/bin/sh

# Start the polybar bar defined in ./config.ini (installed at

# ~/.config/polybar/config.ini), replacing any bar already running.

#

# There is one bar window, spanning the screen and fully transparent; the

# visible islands are built inside it out of modules (see modules/caps.ini).

#

# Meant to be run as the XFCE session client that used to be xfce4-panel —

# see ../xfce/polybar-panel.sh, which does that swap.

set -u

# Ask a running polybar to quit over IPC, falling back to a signal.

polybar-msg cmd quit >/dev/null 2>&1 || pkill -u "$(id -u)" -x polybar

# Wait for it to actually let go of the bar window before claiming it.

i=0

while pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -x polybar >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ "$i" -lt 20 ]; do

    sleep 0.2

    i=$((i + 1))

done

polybar main &

# Stay alive as the session client for as long as the bar is up. polybar

# re-execs in place on `polybar-msg cmd restart`, so this PID survives it.

wait