Re: [xmonad] Re: xmobar PipeReader doesn't work

* Norbert Zeh [2009-03-13 08:39:37 -0300]:

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Sorry I paste the wrong version of my .xmobarrc, I do have it in my template ..

Config { font = "xft:Wenquanyi Bitmap Song:pixelsize=12" ... , Run PipeReader "/dev/shm/lrcfifo" "lrc" ] , sepChar = "%" , alignSep = "}{" , template = "%StdinReader% }{ %lrc% %Mail%</fc> %cpu% %memory% %eth0|wlan0% %battery% [%vol%] %date%" }

Hmm, it seems that xmobar's pipereader isn't broken per se, as I just tried it on a pipe here. Here are a few things you can do to get more info about the problem:

1) Check whether the pipe you list above actually produces any data, independently of xmobar. Eg, you should be able to just do "cat /dev/shm/lrcfifo" and see what is spits out.

yes I can see data in output.

2) Create a pipe somewhere with "mkfifo foo" and edit your rc file to read this pipe instead. Then fire up xmobar and in your terminal do "cat > fifo". Then start typing lines and see whether they show up in xmobar.

Interesting. This test doesn't work here. Platform dependent? (I'm using linux x86_64 and ghc 6.8.2) Thanks, Jan

Cheers, Norbert

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