commit 64e848a2266d446a6aa8a1068d6201456ce9462d
from: Brett Fisher <code@brettfisher.xyz>
date: Mon Jun 15 05:24:40 2026 UTC

bxwm.c, config.def.h: Decouple status bar from window manager.

  - Remove spawn() logic and STATUSBAR macro to achieve full independence.
  - Add XSync() in setup() to ensure proper root window initialization.
  - Rely on .xinitrc for session orchestration, adhering to the 
    Unix philosophy of modularity.

commit - 410f763ac364e3cf7443b45de7012efae14663a5
commit + 64e848a2266d446a6aa8a1068d6201456ce9462d
blob - 5087f911e780712fbc97dc10ef013eaab485cf4c
blob + 0650c33f2dec07dea2afb90868fa51f88614e0a2
--- bxwm.c
+++ bxwm.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ static unsigned int num_or = 0;
 /* Utilities */
 static void die(const char *fmt, ...);
 static void logmsg(const char *fmt, ...);
-static void spawn(const char *cmd);
 static int xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
 /* Setup & Teardown */
 int socket_init(void);
@@ -181,12 +180,6 @@ logmsg(const char *fmt, ...) {
 static void logmsg(const char *fmt, ...) { (void)fmt; }
 #endif
 
-static void 
-spawn(const char *cmd) {
-    if (fork() == 0)
-        execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd, (char *)NULL);
-}
-
 static int 
 xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee) {
     char buf[1024];
@@ -266,6 +259,8 @@ setup(void) {
                     PropertyChangeMask;
     XChangeWindowAttributes(dpy, root, CWEventMask, &wa);
 
+    XSync(dpy, False);
+
     Cursor cursor = XCreateFontCursor(dpy, XC_left_ptr);
     XDefineCursor(dpy, root, cursor);
     XFreeCursor(dpy, cursor);
@@ -312,8 +307,6 @@ setup(void) {
                     PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *)&active, 1);
 
     update_workarea();
-
-    spawn(STATUSBAR);
 }
 
 static void
blob - acba364276cac1e8720bc2e2891104fc6b405fa2
blob + 3f3a95a650ce3b1c583d228ab0fe0e70a79de348
--- config.def.h
+++ config.def.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #define BORDER_UNFOCUSED "#555555" /* Grey */
 #define PHI             1.618033988749895  /* Golden ratio */
 #define INITIAL_HEIGHT  0.5                /* 50% of screen height */
-#define STATUSBAR "$HOME/.local/bin/bxbarrc.lua | $HOME/.local/bin/bxbar"
 #define NUM_WORKSPACES       10
 #define INITIAL_WORKSPACE    0