Reliable launch of many mutts

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/.local/bin/mailclient b/scripts/.local/bin/mailclient
index 981485f..bc31aac 100755
--- a/scripts/.local/bin/mailclient
+++ b/scripts/.local/bin/mailclient
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# for some reason, for reliable performance, I have to first start an empty terminal
+# could be a dwm issue
+$TERMINAL &
+P1=$!
+disown
+sleep 0.03
 
 for file in "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mutt/accounts"/*; do
-    title="mutt: $(grep "set my_email" "$file" | cut -d'=' -f2 | xargs)"
-    "$TERMINAL" -T "$title" mutt -F "$file" &
-    sleep 0.1
+	title="mutt: $(grep "set my_email" "$file" | cut -d'=' -f2 | xargs)"
+	"$TERMINAL" -T "$title" mutt -F "$file" &
+	disown
 done
+
+wait
+sleep 0.03
+kill "$P1"