From 78002992393c655a6da133153143e448dde12984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raheman Vaiya <r.vaiya@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 21:07:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] config: Prevent the main layer from being toggled

This is technically a backwards incompatible change, but is almost
always a product of the user's misapprehension of the layer model.
Better to just make it illegal and and issue a warning.
---
 src/descriptor.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/descriptor.c b/src/descriptor.c
index 3c3a676..9be1be2 100644
--- a/src/descriptor.c
+++ b/src/descriptor.c
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ int parse_descriptor(const char *descstr,
 
 					switch (type) {
 					case ARG_LAYER:
+						if (!strcmp(argstr, "main")) {
+							err("the main layer cannot be toggled");
+							return -1;
+						}
+
 						arg->idx = config_get_layer_index(config, argstr);
 						if (arg->idx == -1 || config->layers[arg->idx].type == LT_LAYOUT) {
 							err("%s is not a valid layer", argstr);