HLWM will fetch colors from .Xresources

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart b/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart
index cb59263..0fb9ea7 100755
--- a/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart
+++ b/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart
@@ -2,15 +2,27 @@
 
 # this is a simple config for herbstluftwm
 
+#get colors from .Xresources
+get_xcolor(){
+        xresources=$(\
+                cat ~/.Xresources\
+        )
+        color=$(\
+                echo $xresources | \
+                sed "s/.*\*color$1: \(#[0-9A-Fa-f]*\).*/\1/"\
+        )
+        echo $color
+}
+
 #Wallpaper
 WALLPAPER=/home/tom/Pictures/ThDLxEW.jpg
 
 #Numix color palette
-LIGHT='#f9f9f9'
-LLIGHT='#dedede'
-ACCENT='#d64937'
-LDARK='#333333'
-DARK='#2d2d2d'
+LIGHT=$(get_xcolor 15)
+LLIGHT=$(get_xcolor 7)
+ACCENT=$(get_xcolor 9)
+LDARK=$(get_xcolor 8)
+DARK=$(get_xcolor 0)
 
 #Panel
 PANEL_HEIGHT=24