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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/menu.c b/lib/menu.c
index 5ab5286..4fc00e7 100644
--- a/lib/menu.c
+++ b/lib/menu.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ bm_menu_item_is_selected(const struct bm_menu *menu, const struct bm_item *item)
}
struct bm_menu*
-bm_menu_new(const char *renderer, enum bm_prioritory prioritory)
+bm_menu_new(const char *renderer)
{
struct bm_menu *menu;
if (!(menu = calloc(1, sizeof(struct bm_menu))))
@@ -58,14 +58,24 @@ bm_menu_new(const char *renderer, enum bm_prioritory prioritory)
uint32_t count;
const struct bm_renderer **renderers = bm_get_renderers(&count);
+ const char *name = secure_getenv("BEMENU_BACKEND");
+ name = (name && strlen(name) > 0 ? name : NULL);
+
for (uint32_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
- if (prioritory != BM_PRIO_ANY && renderers[i]->api.prioritory != prioritory)
+ if (!name && !renderer && renderers[i]->api.priorty != BM_PRIO_GUI)
continue;
- if (renderer && strcmp(renderer, renderers[i]->name))
+ if ((renderer && strcmp(renderer, renderers[i]->name)) || (name && strcmp(name, renderers[i]->name)))
continue;
- if (renderers[i]->api.prioritory == BM_PRIO_TERMINAL) {
+ if (renderers[i]->api.priorty == BM_PRIO_TERMINAL) {
+ /**
+ * Some sanity checks that we are in terminal.
+ * These however are not reliable, thus we don't auto-detect terminal based renderers.
+ * These will be only used when explicitly requested.
+ *
+ * Launching terminal based menu instance at background is not a good idea.
+ */
const char *term = getenv("TERM");
if (!term || !strlen(term) || getppid() == 1)
continue;