From ca4515d440d365f4f6cb5470ad6f22df0404b545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stupidcomputer <ryan@beepboop.systems>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 01:53:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] rework the regeneration mechanism for tmenu_run

---
 builds/utils/tmenu_run | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builds/utils/tmenu_run b/builds/utils/tmenu_run
index dfa4131..544dfd1 100755
--- a/builds/utils/tmenu_run
+++ b/builds/utils/tmenu_run
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@ tmenu_path () {
     done
 }
 
-if [ "$(basename $0)" = "regenerate" ]; then
+export IS_RUNNING_IN_TMENU="yes"
+choice=$(cat $HOME/.local/share/tmenu_cache | tmenu)
+if [ -z "$choice" ]; then
 	mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share
-	tmenu_path > $HOME/.local/share/tmenu_cache
-	xmessage "regeneration complete"
-	exit
+	tmenu_path | sort > $HOME/.local/share/tmenu_cache
 else
-	export IS_RUNNING_IN_TMENU="yes"
-	cat $HOME/.local/share/tmenu_cache | tmenu | ${SHELL:-"/bin/sh"} &
+	/bin/sh -c $choice &
 fi