Auto open albert when not running under swaywm.

open-albert

#!/bin/bash

function retry() {
  if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then
    return 1
  fi

  limit=$1
  shift
  timeout=$1
  shift

  count=0
  while [[ $count -lt $limit ]]; do
    $@
    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
      return 0
    else
      count=$(expr $count + 1)
    fi
    sleep $timeout
  done
  return 1
}

set -x

albert toggle

if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
  sleep .1
  pgrep -x albert
  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
    notify-send 'Please wait' 'It looks like albert is not running, starting it...'
    swaymsg exec albert
  else
    notify-send 'Please wait' 'It looks like albert is not responding, retrying...'
    retry 3 1 albert toggle
  fi
fi