From 62a705ee419da0e554da0c465d416bda4d1ee304 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: candifloss <candifloss@candifloss.cc>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 12:53:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update X desktop info handling - Update initial value for
 `xdistate` - Function for current window name

---
 nbcl/panel/panel_section_center.nbcl |  4 +---
 nbcl/vars/vars.nbcl                  |  2 +-
 nbcl/vars/xdi.nbcl                   | 12 ++++++++----
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nbcl/panel/panel_section_center.nbcl b/nbcl/panel/panel_section_center.nbcl
index 52aa37f..3bb8824 100644
--- a/nbcl/panel/panel_section_center.nbcl
+++ b/nbcl/panel/panel_section_center.nbcl
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ fn panel_center() {
 			truncate = true 
 			truncate_left = false
 			limit_width = config.panel_windowtitle_maxchars
-			text = global("xdistate").mutate(|val|{
-				json.parse(val).active_window.name
-			})
+			text = xdi.windowname()
 		}
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/nbcl/vars/vars.nbcl b/nbcl/vars/vars.nbcl
index c3ec12a..db71212 100644
--- a/nbcl/vars/vars.nbcl
+++ b/nbcl/vars/vars.nbcl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import "nbcl/vars/xdi.nbcl" as xdi
+import "nbcl/vars/xdi.nbcl" as xdi { * }
 
 Poll "time_hhmm" {
 	initial = "00:00"
diff --git a/nbcl/vars/xdi.nbcl b/nbcl/vars/xdi.nbcl
index ce515a5..262eeaf 100644
--- a/nbcl/vars/xdi.nbcl
+++ b/nbcl/vars/xdi.nbcl
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import core.json
 
 Listen "xdistate" {
-	initial = "{}"
-	cmd = "xdi -f"
+	initial = "{\"active_window\":{\"id\":0,\"name\":\"\",\"class\":\"\"},\"workspaces\":[{\"id\":0,\"current\":true,\"windows\":[]}]}"
+	cmd = "/usr/local/bin/xdi -f"
 }
 
-
-#let wmstate = 
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+# Usage: xdi.windowname()
+fn windowname() {
+	global("xdistate").mutate(|val|{
+		json.parse(val).active_window.name
+	})
+}
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