Handle missing XDG_RUNTIME_DIR explicitly

Also update the documentation to indicate that this is a Wayland thing
and not dwl-specific.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index 7305f53..dfbafce 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		goto usage;
 	wlr_log_init(loglevel, NULL);
 
+	// Wayland requires XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for creating its communications
+	// socket
+	if (!getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "XDG_RUNTIME_DIR must be set\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
 	/* The Wayland display is managed by libwayland. It handles accepting
 	 * clients from the Unix socket, manging Wayland globals, and so on. */
 	dpy = wl_display_create();