From 691341083fb43e9824bcc2970e5b2c0beac7b9bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ivan K. Boikov" <mail@ikboikov.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:35:54 +0100
Subject: Reliable launch of many mutts

---
 scripts/.local/bin/mailclient | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'scripts/.local/bin')

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"
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