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changed spawn_on_empty behaviour #1183

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redid behavior changes
AgrimV Aug 10, 2026
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Merge branch 'mangowm:main' into main
AgrimV Aug 16, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion docs/bindings/keys.md
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Expand Up @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ It is formed by tag numbers `1`–`9`, optionally combined with `|`.
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `spawn` | `cmd` | Execute a command. |
| `spawn_shell` | `cmd` | Execute shell command (supports pipes `\|`). |
| `spawn_on_empty` | `cmd, tagmask` | Open command on empty tag.Accepts a cmd string and [tagmask](/docs/bindings/keys#tag-mask-format) |
| `spawn_on_empty` | `cmd, tagmask[,synctag]` | Open command on empty tag.Accepts a cmd string and [tagmask](/docs/bindings/keys#tag-mask-format) |
| `reload_config` | - | Hot-reload configuration. |
| `load_config_file` | `file path` | Load configuration from the specified file. Empty path resets to default config location. |
| `quit` | - | Exit mangowm. |
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/config/parse_config.h
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Expand Up @@ -1377,6 +1377,7 @@ FuncType parse_func_name(char *func_name, Arg *arg, char *arg_value,
func = spawn_on_empty;
(*arg).v = strdup(arg_value);
(*arg).ui = parse_tag_mask(arg_value2);
(*arg).i = atoi(arg_value3);
} else if (strcmp(func_name, "quit") == 0) {
func = quit;
} else if (strcmp(func_name, "create_virtual_output") == 0) {
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/dispatch/bind_define.h
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Expand Up @@ -1163,10 +1163,10 @@ void spawn_on_empty(const Arg *arg) {
}
}
if (!is_empty) {
view(arg, true);
bind_to_view(arg);
return;
} else {
view(arg, true);
bind_to_view(arg);
spawn_shell(arg);
}
return;
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