Allow relaunch with shortcut key.

Use the WindowRelaunchKey shortcut to examine the WM_COMMAND property of
the active application's main window and launch a new instance of the
application using the retrieved command line.

WPrefs.app/KeyboardShortcuts.c

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ static char *keyOptions[] = {
 	"WindowShortcut8Key",
 	"WindowShortcut9Key",
 	"WindowShortcut10Key",
+	"WindowRelaunchKey",
 	"ScreenSwitchKey",
 	"DockRaiseLowerKey",
 #ifndef XKB_MODELOCK
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ static void createPanel(Panel * p)
 	WMAddListItem(panel->actLs, _("Shortcut for window 8"));
 	WMAddListItem(panel->actLs, _("Shortcut for window 9"));
 	WMAddListItem(panel->actLs, _("Shortcut for window 10"));
+	WMAddListItem(panel->actLs, _("Launch new instance of application"));
 	WMAddListItem(panel->actLs, _("Switch to Next Screen/Monitor"));
 	WMAddListItem(panel->actLs, _("Raise/Lower Dock"));
 	WMAddListItem(panel->actLs, _("Raise/Lower Clip"));

src/defaults.c

@@ -639,6 +639,8 @@ WDefaultEntry optionList[] = {
 	    NULL, getKeybind, setKeyGrab, NULL, NULL},
 	{"WindowShortcut10Key", "None", (void *)WKBD_WINDOW10,
 	    NULL, getKeybind, setKeyGrab, NULL, NULL},
+	{"WindowRelaunchKey", "None", (void *)WKBD_RELAUNCH,
+	    NULL, getKeybind, setKeyGrab, NULL, NULL},
 	{"ScreenSwitchKey", "None", (void *)WKBD_SWITCH_SCREEN,
 	    NULL, getKeybind, setKeyGrab, NULL, NULL},
 

src/event.c

@@ -1651,6 +1651,12 @@ static void handleKeyPress(XEvent * event)
 
 		break;
 
+	case WKBD_RELAUNCH:
+		if (ISMAPPED(wwin) && ISFOCUSED(wwin))
+			(void) RelaunchWindow(wwin);
+
+		break;
+
 	case WKBD_SWITCH_SCREEN:
 		if (wScreenCount > 1) {
 			WScreen *scr2;

src/funcs.h

@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ char *ExpandOptions(WScreen *scr, char *cmdline);
 
 void ExecuteShellCommand(WScreen *scr, char *command);
 
+Bool RelaunchWindow(WWindow *wwin);
+
 Bool IsDoubleClick(WScreen *scr, XEvent *event);
 
 WWindow *NextToFocusAfter(WWindow *wwin);

src/keybind.h

@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ enum {
 	WKBD_WINDOW9,
 	WKBD_WINDOW10,
 
+	/* launch a new instance of the active window */
+	WKBD_RELAUNCH,
+
 	/* screen */
 	WKBD_SWITCH_SCREEN,
 

src/main.c

@@ -398,6 +398,68 @@ void ExecuteShellCommand(WScreen * scr, char *command)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * RelaunchWindow--
+ * 	Launch a new instance of the active window
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+Bool RelaunchWindow(WWindow *wwin)
+{
+	if (! wwin || ! wwin->client_win) {
+		werror("no window to relaunch");
+		return False;
+	}
+
+	char **argv;
+	int argc;
+
+	if (! XGetCommand(dpy, wwin->client_win, &argv, &argc) || argc == 0 || argv == NULL) {
+		werror("cannot relaunch the application because no WM_COMMAND property is set");
+		return False;
+	}
+
+	pid_t pid = fork();
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		SetupEnvironment(wwin->screen_ptr);
+#ifdef HAVE_SETSID
+		setsid();
+#endif
+		/* argv is not null-terminated */
+		char **a = (char **) malloc(argc + 1);
+		if (! a) {
+			werror("out of memory trying to relaunch the application");
+			Exit(-1);
+		}
+
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) a[i] = argv[i];
+		a[i] = NULL;
+
+		execvp(a[0], a);
+		Exit(-1);
+	} else if (pid < 0) {
+		werror("cannot fork a new process");
+
+		XFreeStringList(argv);
+		return False;
+	} else {
+		_tuple *data = wmalloc(sizeof(_tuple));
+
+		data->scr = wwin->screen_ptr;
+		data->command = wtokenjoin(argv, argc);
+
+		/* not actually a shell command */
+		wAddDeathHandler(pid, (WDeathHandler *) shellCommandHandler, data);
+
+		XFreeStringList(argv);
+		return True;
+	}
+
+}
+
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------
  * wAbort--