On 2009 Mar 13, at 10:21, Norbert Zeh wrote:
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)
I'm also on x86_64 but am using ghc 6.8.3, and it works here. What
This is tickling a neuron; I have a vague recollection of such a bug in 6.8.2. Try upgrading. -- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH