make fifo unique to each display

phillbush · Sep 24, 2020 · abb2c0b · abb2c0b
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ notifications should be placed 10 pixels to the left and 10 pixels
 down (thus creating a 10 pixel gap with the upper right corner).
 Each notification stay alive for 15 seconds.
 
-To create a named pipe for XNotify, you can place the following in your `~/.xinitrc`:
+To create a named pipe for XNotify, you can place the following in your `~/.xinitrc`.
+This will create a named pipe unique to your current X display in your home directory at `~/.cache`.
+Then, it will open xnotify in the background, reading from this named pipe.
 
-	XNOTIFY_FIFO="$HOME/.cache/xnotify.fifo"
+	XNOTIFY_FIFO="$HOME/.cache/xnotify$DISPLAY.fifo"
 	export XNOTIFY_FIFO
 	rm -f $XNOTIFY_FIFO
 	mkfifo $XNOTIFY_FIFO

diff --git a/xnotify.1 b/xnotify.1
@@ -168,10 +168,15 @@ Each notification stay alive for 15 seconds.
 .PP
 To create a named pipe for XNotify,
 the following lines can be placed on
-.BR ~/.xinitrc :
+.BR ~/.xinitrc .
+This will create a named pipe unique to your current X display in your home directory at
+.BR ~/.cache .
+Then, it will open
+.B xnotify
+in the background, reading from this named pipe.
 .IP
 .EX
-XNOTIFY_FIFO="$HOME/.cache/xnotify.fifo"
+XNOTIFY_FIFO="$HOME/.cache/xnotify$DISPLAY.fifo"
 export XNOTIFY_FIFO
 rm \-f $XNOTIFY_FIFO
 mkfifo $XNOTIFY_FIFO