From 4f1164fb780c0aacc9e8d8c84224b02e0758b18b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Desgualdo=20Pereira?= <desgua@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:29:46 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Added a tip on README.md for a wrapper script so the user
 can restart dwlb without having to restart dwl

---
 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83734db..56c90e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ Pass `dwlb` as an argument to dwl's `-s` flag. This will populate each connected
 dwl -s 'dwlb -font "monospace:size=16"'
 ```
 
+Or create a wrapper script, which allows to restart dwlb `kill -15 "$(pidof dwlb)"` without having to restart dwl:
+```
+#!/bin/sh
+while :; do
+	dwlb
+	sleep 1
+done
+```
+don't forget to make it executable `chmod +x /path/to/dwlb_wrapper.sh` and launch dwl with:
+dwl -s '/path/to/dwlb_wrapper.sh'
+
 ## Ipc
 If dwl is [patched](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl-patches/src/branch/main/patches/ipc) appropriately, dwlb is capable of communicating directly with dwl. When ipc is enabled with `-ipc`, dwlb does not read from stdin, and clicking tags functions as you would expect. Ipc can be disabled with `-no-ipc`.
 

From 744d5eec1e048026e9a8710abe338748fe162477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Desgualdo=20Pereira?= <desgua@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:32:57 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixed the style

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56c90e1..e8bfc74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ while :; do
 done
 ```
 don't forget to make it executable `chmod +x /path/to/dwlb_wrapper.sh` and launch dwl with:
-dwl -s '/path/to/dwlb_wrapper.sh'
+`dwl -s '/path/to/dwlb_wrapper.sh'`
 
 ## Ipc
 If dwl is [patched](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl-patches/src/branch/main/patches/ipc) appropriately, dwlb is capable of communicating directly with dwl. When ipc is enabled with `-ipc`, dwlb does not read from stdin, and clicking tags functions as you would expect. Ipc can be disabled with `-no-ipc`.