From 8010c3189e5ffee127bb3b6a0cf9fcbb58f0d4b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akemi Izuko <akemi@noway.moe>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:14:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix swaybar lighting getter

---
 sway/swaybar_status.sh | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sway/swaybar_status.sh b/sway/swaybar_status.sh
index 9fab28f..bf874db 100755
--- a/sway/swaybar_status.sh
+++ b/sway/swaybar_status.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ battery_charge() {
 }
 
 display_brightness() {
+  local x
+
   if command -v ddcutil &>/dev/null; then
-    ddcutil getvcp 10 | awk '
-        match($0, /[0-9]+,/) { printf "%s", substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH - 1) }'
-  else
-    light -G | awk '{ split($0, a, "."); printf "%s", a[1] }'
+    x="$(ddcutil getvcp 10 2>/dev/null |\
+      awk 'match($0, /[0-9]+,/) { printf "%s", substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH - 1) }')"
   fi
+
+  if [[ -z "$x" ]]; then
+    x="$(light -G | awk '{ split($0, a, "."); printf "%s", a[1] }')"
+  fi
+
+  printf "%s" "$x"
 }
 
 get_volume() {