[xmonad] xmobar troubles

[Norbert Zeh]

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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