Mail-plugin from xmobar

Hello list! I'm not sure wether this is the right list to ask, but the Xmobar-List itself seems pretty dead to me. At least that's what I figured when browsing through the archives. Anyway, here's my problem: I try to add the mail-plugin to my xmobarrc and it complains: unexpected "s" expecting space or "Run" Here's what my xmobarrc looks like: Config { font = "xft:terminus-8" , bgColor = "#121212" , fgColor = "#ECECEC" , border = TopB , borderColor = "#F0E800" , position = Bottom , lowerOnStart = True , commands = [ Run Com "uname" ["-s", "-r"] "" 0 -- , Run MPD ["-t", "<state> (<lapsed>/<length>) | <artist> - <album> - <track> - <title>"] 10 , Run Mail [("inbox", "~/mail/mailboxes/uni/INBOX")] "mail" ] , sepChar = "%" , alignSep = "}{" , template = " %uname% }{ %mail% " } Any help is appreciated. Thank you :) Greetings from Cologne, Chris

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 14:28:02 GMT, 1126 wrote:
Any help is appreciated. Thank you :)
Make sure you install xmobar with the "with_inotify" flag. For MPD, you'll need the "with_mpd" flag. "with_xft" "with_utf8" are probably wanted as well. I've found that I need to pass the flags to "cabal install" itself; just passing them to configure seems to not be carried after a build and install. - --Ben -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJPibvGAAoJEKaxavVX4C1Xd4YQAPqp5eyT0jMzSUhWl/Kt4Pog OwIjpXhra6llF0XCTQA2wgG0ZE4xS3hx5I1JEZx8KfUcsH5WEtxjSvCgAbIrzfhx ED/0XU5cWGlhcsqyEcIJsZN7uatdFsqZL2DOt8txutXIlmVmucMF1vY0WvFy/H/9 8dotutfyRufJe8rsHBJUxT2wJs3JETYVIHvbkxvdQuS8iIshurRTR1NFbSSW4Fss HNfNr0Yo/naGUvft1k8r3xHQHesNaO8l3za2YSwD5R6HSYUqMpCxy33W6JXfY8X7 Rjkqqk76HHgVnzTHBsjDm9snZlvR3Tg4hS9x7uNTauIsBwgvALgEirNzcUUHcDrK obEe9uY9t1JX7x7XcfMMhTNSSbiQmeUJc97qaUNfnQD071s0QaXjxn6UIdFa3nHr OBllI49ZrQra996MV8hwFtmiPQoLrQa+Rn5AMulrtV4Z90UpwIl6IokQ5CLu1UJA zCzv2s8Hakt2wRBA19d/uVC1otNHIKYtsd0HZ6W+f5kWszpXNMZwKyidEJ3e95Ki kpUANP5F2NaXXceq1P56SSf4BRMQozfrT3wasUUUvXxRqYmaC6Rs3+MhX85LFA11 +5FrMP/nVfCfSA0eEu/k47weTM2OVWQ23NUhMewsKYDWOXi/nAzeKCKFOXYSTAYU wYle56HfmkQkawtwpVFs =OCuV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

On Sat, 14. Apr 18:14, Ben Boeckel wrote:
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On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 14:28:02 GMT, 1126 wrote:
Any help is appreciated. Thank you :)
Make sure you install xmobar with the "with_inotify" flag. For MPD, you'll need the "with_mpd" flag. "with_xft" "with_utf8" are probably wanted as well.
I've found that I need to pass the flags to "cabal install" itself; just passing them to configure seems to not be carried after a build and install.
Yeah. You have to pass --flags="all_extensions" two times, one while configuring and one while installing. Thank you a lot! :) Chris
- --Ben
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Quoting 1126
Yeah. You have to pass --flags="all_extensions" two times, one while configuring and one while installing.
If you're going to use "cabal install", there's no need (nor is it helpful) to use "cabal configure". You only need "configure" if you plan to "build" next. ~d
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