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 ### Description
 Largely based on [raphi](https://sr.ht/~raphi/)'s [somebar](https://sr.ht/~raphi/somebar/), this patch provides an ipc for wayland clients to get and set dwl state. The ipc is intended for status bars, but can also be scripted with tools like [dwlmsg](https://codeberg.org/notchoc/dwlmsg).
 
+Status information to stdout is currently disabled as dwl tends to freeze. For now, `dwlmsg -w` should act as a drop-in replacement.
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 ### Download
  - [git branch](https://codeberg.org/notchoc/dwl/src/branch/ipc)
  - [2024-03-13](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl-patches/raw/branch/main/ipc/ipc.patch)