--- org/dwm.c	2008-12-06 19:53:57.000000000 +0100
+++ dwm-5.3/dwm.c	2008-12-06 21:50:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  *
  * To understand everything else, start reading main().
  */
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 2
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -204,8 +206,10 @@
 static int xerrordummy(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
 static int xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
 static void zoom(const Arg *arg);
+static void getstatustext(void);
 
 /* variables */
+static char sscript[256];
 static char stext[256];
 static int screen;
 static int sx, sy, sw, sh; /* X display screen geometry x, y, width, height */ 
@@ -1184,55 +1188,16 @@
 
 void
 run(void) {
-	char *p;
-	char sbuf[sizeof stext];
-	fd_set rd;
-	int r, xfd;
-	unsigned int len, offset;
+	int t,xfd;
 	XEvent ev;
 
 	/* main event loop, also reads status text from stdin */
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 	xfd = ConnectionNumber(dpy);
-	offset = 0;
-	len = sizeof stext - 1;
-	sbuf[len] = stext[len] = '\0'; /* 0-terminator is never touched */
+	getstatustext();
+	t = time(0) + 1;
 	while(running) {
-		FD_ZERO(&rd);
-		if(readin)
-			FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &rd);
-		FD_SET(xfd, &rd);
-		if(select(xfd + 1, &rd, NULL, NULL, NULL) == -1) {
-			if(errno == EINTR)
-				continue;
-			die("select failed\n");
-		}
-		if(FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &rd)) {
-			switch((r = read(STDIN_FILENO, sbuf + offset, len - offset))) {
-			case -1:
-				strncpy(stext, strerror(errno), len);
-				readin = False;
-				break;
-			case 0:
-				strncpy(stext, "EOF", 4);
-				readin = False;
-				break;
-			default:
-				for(p = sbuf + offset; r > 0; p++, r--, offset++)
-					if(*p == '\n' || *p == '\0') {
-						*p = '\0';
-						strncpy(stext, sbuf, len);
-						p += r - 1; /* p is sbuf + offset + r - 1 */
-						for(r = 0; *(p - r) && *(p - r) != '\n'; r++);
-						offset = r;
-						if(r)
-							memmove(sbuf, p - r + 1, r);
-						break;
-					}
-				break;
-			}
-			drawbar();
-		}
+		if ( time(0) >= t ) { t = time(0) + 1; getstatustext(); }
 		while(XPending(dpy)) {
 			XNextEvent(dpy, &ev);
 			if(handler[ev.type])
@@ -1728,13 +1693,42 @@
 	arrange();
 }
 
+void getstatustext(void)
+{
+	if ( !sscript[0] ) { return; }
+	FILE *f = popen(sscript,"r");
+	if ( !f ) { return; }
+	fgets(stext,255,f);
+	stext[255] = 0;
+	char *i = strstr(stext,"\n");
+	if ( i ) { *i = 0; }
+	pclose(f);
+	drawbar();
+}
+
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	if(argc == 2 && !strcmp("-v", argv[1]))
-		die("dwm-"VERSION", © 2006-2008 dwm engineers, see LICENSE for details\n");
-	else if(argc != 1)
-		die("usage: dwm [-v]\n");
-
+	sscript[0] = 0;
+	int i = 1;
+	for( ; i < argc ; i++ )
+	{
+		if ( !strcmp("-s",argv[i]) )
+		{
+			i++;
+			strncpy(sscript,argv[i],254);
+			sscript[255] = 0;
+			printf("sscript = %s\n",sscript);
+			continue;
+		}
+		else if ( !strcmp("-v",argv[i]) )
+		{
+			die("dwm-"VERSION", © 2006-2008 dwm engineers, see LICENSE for details\n");
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			die("usage: dwm [-v] [-s status_script]\n");
+		}
+	}
 	if(!setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") || !XSupportsLocale())
 		fprintf(stderr, "warning: no locale support\n");