sync: electric boogaloo

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.config/awesome/quarrel/persistent.lua b/.config/awesome/quarrel/persistent.lua
index 2b15c89..193affc 100644
--- a/.config/awesome/quarrel/persistent.lua
+++ b/.config/awesome/quarrel/persistent.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local gdebug = require "gears.debug"
 local qfs = require "quarrel.fs"
 local qjson = require "quarrel.json"
 
-awesome.register_xproperty("is_restart", "boolean")
+-- awesome.register_xproperty("is_restart", "boolean")
 
 ---@alias QPersistentValue string|number|table|nil|boolean
 
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ end
 --- Check if there was a restart
 ---@return boolean
 function qpersistent.is_restart()
-    return awesome.get_xproperty "is_restart" ~= nil
+    local f=io.open("/tmp/qpersistent-marker", "r")
+    if f then
+        io.close(f)
+    end
+
+    return not not f
+    -- return awesome.get_xproperty "is_restart" ~= nil
 end
 
 do
@@ -55,7 +61,13 @@ awesome.connect_signal("exit", function(restart)
     end
 
     if not qpersistent.is_restart() then
-        awesome.set_xproperty("is_restart", true)
+        local f = io.open("/tmp/qpersistent-marker", "w")
+        if not f then
+            gdebug.print_error "failed to create the marker file"
+            return
+        end
+        f:close()
+        -- awesome.set_xproperty("is_restart", true)
     end
 end)