someblocks

commit e1c696b2ba64586e6532a556454efd989835bfd5
parent f03b6f7a4e0ea41a6f13d44fed22e0ce5995cca8
Author: awy <awy@awy.one>
Date:   Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:28:41 +0300

remove delimeters for empty modules (needs more testing)

Diffstat:
M
someblocks.c
 | 
25
++++++++++++++++++++-----

1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/someblocks.c b/someblocks.c
@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ void
 getcmd (const Block *block, char *output)
 {
   char tmp[CMDLENGTH] = { 0 };
+
+  // Run module command
   FILE *cmdf = popen (block->command, "r");
   if (!cmdf)
-    return;
+    {
+      output[0] = '\0';
+      return;
+    }
 
   fgets (tmp, sizeof (tmp) - delimLen, cmdf);
   pclose (cmdf);
@@ -73,8 +78,15 @@ getcmd (const Block *block, char *output)
   if (len && tmp[len - 1] == '\n')
     tmp[len - 1] = '\0';
 
-  // Start mouse tags
-  char start_tags[512] = ""; // larger buffer for multiple buttons
+  // Skip output if module prints nothing and has no icon
+  if (len == 0 && (!block->icon || block->icon[0] == '\0'))
+    {
+      output[0] = '\0';
+      return;
+    }
+
+  // Start and end mouse tags
+  char start_tags[512] = "";
   char end_tags[128] = "";
 
   if (block->lclick && block->lclick[0] != '\0')
@@ -136,8 +148,11 @@ getcmd (const Block *block, char *output)
   snprintf (output, CMDLENGTH, "%s%s%s%s", start_tags,
             block->icon ? block->icon : "", tmp, end_tags);
 
-  // Add delimiter safely
-  strncat (output, delim, CMDLENGTH - strlen (output) - 1);
+  // Add delimiter only if module produced visible output
+  if (strlen (output) > 0)
+    strncat (output, delim, CMDLENGTH - strlen (output) - 1);
+  else
+    output[0] = '\0';
 }
 
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