Is the output you see from the script newline-terminated? If it isn't, xmobar may not process this input because, at least for the stdin reader (and I assume the mail reader does the same), it processes things one line at a time. Then again, I don't see why the whole bar should hang if it isn't newline-terminated. Normally, it should just display "Updating..." or something like that if it's waiting for input from the command it runs. - Norbert Tony Morris [2011.02.11 2236 +1000]:
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Hello, I am trying to run a script to check gmail as described here (with some errors) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmobar#Gmail_integration
When I set the template to %mail% and restart xmobar, the bar refuses to display. If I set the script to a non-existent file, I see xmobar with a message "Could not execute command", so I know it's all configured fine, but for the script that checks gmail. If I run that script manually, I see a single integer value on standard output.
I can't seem to find any place that xmobar is logging to help identify what is causing the error (xmobar refusing to display when asked to Run Com my script.
Thanks for any pointers.
- -- Tony Morris http://tmorris.net/
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