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-rw-r--r--XMonad/Core.hs20
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/XMonad/Core.hs b/XMonad/Core.hs
index ee5320c..90bfd9a 100644
--- a/XMonad/Core.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Core.hs
@@ -294,14 +294,22 @@ restart mprog resume = do
-- | Recompile ~\/xmonad\/xmonad.hs.
--
--- Raises an exception if ghc can't be found.
+-- The -i flag is used to restrict recompilation to the xmonad.hs file.
+-- Raises an exception if GHC can't be found, or if anything else goes wrong.
+--
recompile :: IO ()
recompile = do
- dir <- fmap (++ "/.xmonad") getHomeDirectory
- pid <- runProcess "ghc" ["--make", "xmonad.hs", "-i"] (Just dir)
- Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing
- waitForProcess pid
- return ()
+ dir <- liftM (++ "/.xmonad") getHomeDirectory
+ let src = dir ++ "/" ++ "xmonad.hs"
+ obj = dir ++ "/" ++ "xmonad.o"
+ yes <- doesFileExist src
+ when yes $ do
+ srcT <- getModificationTime src
+ objT <- getModificationTime obj
+ when (srcT > objT) $ do
+ waitForProcess =<< runProcess "ghc" ["--make", "xmonad.hs", "-i"] (Just dir)
+ Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing
+ return ()
-- | Run a side effecting action with the current workspace. Like 'when' but
whenJust :: Monad m => Maybe a -> (a -> m ()) -> m ()