7 files changed, 39 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/.local/share/mode/mode b/.local/share/mode/mode
index 3969fa1..55de32f 100755
--- a/.local/share/mode/mode
+++ b/.local/share/mode/mode
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ examples:
 EOF
 }
 
+# run a module file
+run_mod() {
+	mod_name="$1"
+
+	# modules must be executable
+	! [ -x "$mod_name" ] && return
+
+	# parse interpreter from shebang
+	interpreter="$(basename "$(command -v $(head -n1 "$mod_name" | sed -n 's/^#!\(.*\)/\1/p'))")"
+	if [ "$interpreter" = "sh" ] ; then
+		# source module if interpreter is POSIX sh (makes plugin functions available)
+		( . "$mod_name" )
+	else
+		# else, just run them
+		"$mod_name"
+	fi
+}
+
 # generate config files from theme file using scripts in switch.d
 switch() {
 	[ -z "$theme" ] && stupid "error: no theme selected"
@@ -56,20 +74,12 @@ switch() {
 	# load theme colors + aux variables
 	. "$theme"
 
-	# load plugins (available to switch.d scripts only)
+	# load plugins (TODO: plugins aren't loaded when only reloading)
 	for plugin in "$data"/plug.d/* ; do . "$plugin" ; done
 
 	# generate new config files / snippets (in parallel)
 	for switch_function in "$data"/switch.d/* ; do
-		! [ -x "$switch_function" ] && continue
-		interpreter="$(basename "$(command -v $(head -n1 "$switch_function" | sed -n 's/^#!\(.*\)/\1/p'))")"
-		if [ "$interpreter" = "sh" ] ; then
-			# source scripts if they are POSIX sh (makes plugin functions available)
-			( . "$switch_function" ) &
-		else
-			# else, just run them
-			"$switch_function" &
-		fi
+		run_mod "$switch_function" &
 	done
 
 	# join all processes started above
@@ -81,8 +91,7 @@ reload() {
 	echo "reloading programs..."
 
 	for reload_function in "$data"/reload.d/* ; do
-		! [ -x "$reload_function" ] && continue
-		"$reload_function" &
+		run_mod "$reload_function" &
 	done
 
 	wait $(jobs -p)
@@ -127,6 +136,7 @@ for arg in "$@" ; do
 	esac
 done
 
+# main
 [ $run_cfggen -eq 1 ] && switch
 [ $run_reload -eq 1 ] && reload
 
diff --git a/.local/share/mode/plug.d/10_lib b/.local/share/mode/plug.d/10_lib
index abe75b1..b3a0276 100644
--- a/.local/share/mode/plug.d/10_lib
+++ b/.local/share/mode/plug.d/10_lib
@@ -34,3 +34,13 @@ mkcd() {
 	cd "$1"
 }
 
+respawn_daemon() {
+	killall -q "$1" && fork "$@"
+}
+
+silent_fail_if_no_commmand() {
+	for name in "$@" ; do
+		[ -z "$(command -v "$name")" ] && exit
+	done
+}
+
diff --git a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/dunst b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/dunst
index 3c09a31..430320c 100755
--- a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/dunst
+++ b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/dunst
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-killall dunst
-fork dunst
+respawn_daemon dunst
 
diff --git a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/gtk b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/gtk
index a6dbb34..767969d 100644
--- a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/gtk
+++ b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/gtk
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 # this is max jank but xfsettingsd does other things besides live gtk theme
 # reloading, and i don't like having it running constantly because it fucks
 # up fcitx5 and xbindkeys
-(
-	fork xfsettingsd --replace
-	sleep 1
-	killall xfsettingsd
-)
+fork xfsettingsd --replace
+sleep 1
+killall -q xfsettingsd
 
diff --git a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/nvim b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/nvim
index 84ae847..cfabcc7 100755
--- a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/nvim
+++ b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/nvim
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+silent_fail_if_no_commmand nvr
 nvr --serverlist | while read -r nvim_socket ; do
 	fork nvr --nostart --servername "$nvim_socket" -c 'source $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/mode.vim'
 done
diff --git a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/polybar b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/polybar
index af39394..1976811 100755
--- a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/polybar
+++ b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/polybar
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-polybar-msg cmd restart > /dev/null
+fork polybar-msg cmd restart
 
diff --git a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/term b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/term
index 5f02463..b711d56 100755
--- a/.local/share/mode/reload.d/term
+++ b/.local/share/mode/reload.d/term
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ escape_msgs="$(cat << EOF | tr -d '\n'
 EOF
 )"
 
-find /dev/pts -exec sh -c "printf \"$escape_msgs\" > {}" \; 2> /dev/null
+find /dev/pts -exec sh -c "printf '$escape_msgs' > {}" \; 2> /dev/null