From c824cc5888153fc1f51e2aa79b42ed6c60e706d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Suraj N. Kurapati" <sunaku@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:09:34 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] allow passing prebuilt command string to launch()

thanks to Armando Di Cianno for reporting this bug
see http://lists.suckless.org/dev/0912/2693.html
---
 config.rb | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.rb b/config.rb
index d2faadd..753a343 100644
--- a/config.rb
+++ b/config.rb
@@ -212,10 +212,34 @@ def find_programs *dirs
 end
 
 ##
-# Launches the command built from the given words in the background.
+# Launches the given command in the background.
 #
-def launch *words
-  command = words.shelljoin
+# ==== Parameters
+#
+# [command]
+#   The name or path to the program you want
+#   to launch.  This can be a self-contained
+#   shell command if no arguments are given.
+#
+# [arguments]
+#   Command-line arguments for the command being launched.
+#
+# ==== Examples
+#
+# Launch a self-contained shell command (while making sure that
+# the arguments within the shell command are properly quoted):
+#
+#   launch "xmessage 'hello world' '#{Time.now}'"
+#
+# Launch a command with explicit arguments (while not
+# having to worry about shell-quoting those arguments):
+#
+#   launch 'xmessage', 'hello world', Time.now.to_s
+#
+def launch command, *arguments
+  unless arguments.empty?
+    command = [command, *arguments].shelljoin
+  end
   system "#{command} &"
 end