From 19c9c05bceac003a72477f293f3bdb751d150280 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke <luke@lukesmith.xyz>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 18:42:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] tmux now doesn't spawn mult. sessions on restart

---
 .config/Scripts/tmuxinit | 4 ++++
 .config/i3/config        | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 .config/Scripts/tmuxinit

diff --git a/.config/Scripts/tmuxinit b/.config/Scripts/tmuxinit
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..68a4b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/Scripts/tmuxinit
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This is the script that i3 runs to either start tmux in
+# the dropdown terminal or log into a previous session.
+tmux a || tmux
diff --git a/.config/i3/config b/.config/i3/config
index 0141fdb..bd8bf05 100644
--- a/.config/i3/config
+++ b/.config/i3/config
@@ -393,7 +393,9 @@ for_window [instance="dropdown"] floating enable
 for_window [instance="dropdown"] resize set 625 400
 for_window [instance="dropdown"] move scratchpad
 for_window [instance="dropdown"] border pixel 5
-exec --no-startup-id $term -n dropdown -e tmux
+# Runs the tmuxinit script, which searches for an earlier tmux instance,
+# otherwise starts a new one (to prevent multiple dropdown sessions).
+exec --no-startup-id $term -n dropdown -e tmuxinit
 
 # Then I have a window running R I use for basic arithmetic
 # I'll later bind this to mod+a.