Feature request to add alternative scratchpad patch by Gaspar Vardanyan ref. #8

patch/include.c

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 #if SCRATCHPAD_PATCH
 #include "scratchpad.c"
 #endif
+#if SCRATCHPAD_ALT_1_PATCH
+#include "scratchpad_alt_1.c"
+#endif
 #if SELFRESTART_PATCH
 #include "selfrestart.c"
 #endif

patch/include.h

@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 #if SCRATCHPAD_PATCH
 #include "scratchpad.h"
 #endif
+#if SCRATCHPAD_ALT_1_PATCH
+#include "scratchpad_alt_1.h"
+#endif
 #if SELFRESTART_PATCH
 #include "selfrestart.h"
 #endif

patch/scratchpad_alt_1.c

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+static Client * scratchpad_last_showed = NULL;
+
+static void scratchpad_hide ()
+{
+	if (selmon -> sel)
+	{
+		selmon -> sel -> tags = scratchpad_mask;
+		focus(NULL);
+		arrange(selmon);
+	}
+}
+
+static _Bool scratchpad_last_showed_is_killed (void)
+{
+	_Bool killed = 1;
+	for (Client * c = selmon -> clients; c != NULL; c = c -> next)
+	{
+		if (c == scratchpad_last_showed)
+		{
+			killed = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return killed;
+}
+
+static void scratchpad_remove ()
+{
+	if (selmon -> sel && scratchpad_last_showed != NULL && selmon -> sel == scratchpad_last_showed)
+		scratchpad_last_showed = NULL;
+}
+
+static void scratchpad_show ()
+{
+	if (scratchpad_last_showed == NULL || scratchpad_last_showed_is_killed ())
+		scratchpad_show_first ();
+	else
+	{
+		if (scratchpad_last_showed -> tags != scratchpad_mask)
+		{
+			scratchpad_last_showed -> tags = scratchpad_mask;
+			focus(NULL);
+			arrange(selmon);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			_Bool found_current = 0;
+			_Bool found_next = 0;
+			for (Client * c = selmon -> clients; c != NULL; c = c -> next)
+			{
+				if (found_current == 0)
+				{
+					if (c == scratchpad_last_showed)
+					{
+						found_current = 1;
+						continue;
+					}
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					if (c -> tags == scratchpad_mask)
+					{
+						found_next = 1;
+						scratchpad_show_client (c);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if (found_next == 0) scratchpad_show_first ();
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void scratchpad_show_client (Client * c)
+{
+	scratchpad_last_showed = c;
+	c -> tags = selmon->tagset[selmon->seltags];
+	focus(c);
+	arrange(selmon);
+}
+
+static void scratchpad_show_first (void)
+{
+	for (Client * c = selmon -> clients; c != NULL; c = c -> next)
+	{
+		if (c -> tags == scratchpad_mask)
+		{
+			scratchpad_show_client (c);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}

patch/scratchpad_alt_1.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+static void scratchpad_hide ();
+static _Bool scratchpad_last_showed_is_killed (void);
+static void scratchpad_remove ();
+static void scratchpad_show ();
+static void scratchpad_show_client (Client * c);
+static void scratchpad_show_first (void);