From 74b0084e05bcbb2d3518f756eb1a5c115c7027b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:08:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] herbstluftwm: Add a last notification fallback.

---
 herbstluftwm/autostart | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/herbstluftwm/autostart b/herbstluftwm/autostart
index 22dbd0f..1837775 100755
--- a/herbstluftwm/autostart
+++ b/herbstluftwm/autostart
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ notify() {
         # Fallback solution, display first line of stdin.
         read x
         xmessage -timeout "$1" "$x" &
+    else
+        # Last way to send a "message", create a stupid window layout so I
+        # notice something is up and look at the logs.
+        hc fullscreen off
+        hc floating off
+        hc pseudotile off
+        hc split vertical 0.1
+        hc unlock # or we might not see the changes
     fi
 }
 
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2.44.1