herbstluftwm: Add a last notification fallback.

[config/dotfiles.git] / herbstluftwm / autostart

diff --git a/herbstluftwm/autostart b/herbstluftwm/autostart
index 22dbd0fb4b38f64dbf50fe44eeeffbcf20c9d5f6..18377756bdfeea534ab995ddba4500d510225a99 100755 (executable)
--- 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
 }