xchord: Use vfork + exec instead of system

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/xchord.c b/xchord.c
index 59d3f52..ff1c755 100644
--- a/xchord.c
+++ b/xchord.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  *  xchord is written by John Ankarström <john (at) ankarstrom.se>.
  */
 
+#include <err.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -85,7 +86,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			/* button 1 released */
 			if (rev->detail == 1) p1 = 0;
 			/* button 1 pressed + 3 released */
-			if (p1 && rev->detail == 3) system("dwim");
+			if (p1 && rev->detail == 3 && vfork() == 0) {
+				execlp("dwim", "dwim", NULL);
+				err(1, "execlp");
+			}
 			break;
 		}