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fix(capture): self-re-exec detached to survive eww 200ms timeout #92

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion config/eww/eww.yuck
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;; Capture button
(button :class {capture-type == "screenshot" ? "cap-shutter-btn" : "cap-shutter-btn recording"}
:onclick "(stoa-capture ${capture-mode} ${capture-type} ${capture-delay} </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &)"
:onclick "stoa-capture ${capture-mode} ${capture-type} ${capture-delay}"
(label :class "cap-shutter-icon"
:text {capture-type == "screenshot" ? "●" : "●"}))

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14 changes: 13 additions & 1 deletion scripts/stoa-capture.sh
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Expand Up @@ -221,7 +221,19 @@ case "${1:-}" in
fi
;;
selection|screen|window)
echo "DEBUG: Case selection/screen/window triggered with args: $*" >> /tmp/stoa-capture-debug.log
echo "DEBUG: Case selection/screen/window triggered with args: $*" >> /tmp/stoa-capture-debug.log

# eww kills its onclick child after 200ms. Re-exec ourselves detached
# so the actual capture work survives. _STOA_CAPTURE_DETACHED guards
# against infinite recursion.
if [ -z "${_STOA_CAPTURE_DETACHED:-}" ]; then
echo "DEBUG: Re-execing detached" >> /tmp/stoa-capture-debug.log
_STOA_CAPTURE_DETACHED=1 nohup "$0" "$@" </dev/null >>/tmp/stoa-capture-debug.log 2>&1 &
disown 2>/dev/null || true
exit 0
fi

echo "DEBUG: Running in detached mode" >> /tmp/stoa-capture-debug.log
local_mode="$1"
local_type="${2:-screenshot}"
local_delay="${3:-0}"
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