Blah, I forgot to mention... This would still be a hook of some kind. Something like registering a "file change" hook and you would provide a function that would be executed when the hook is called on the inotify event. :> (Sorry if this sounds dumb, I'm speaking from theory, not from actual inotify experience)
Laters. :) On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:03:49 +0100 Nathan Huesken <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Stimulated by the talk about notification deamons, I wondered. > Many widgets in my awesome setup constantly poll files. > For example, the battery widget constantly polls filed in /sys to disply when > the AC is plugged in or out. > > I do not know much about what I am talking about, but would it not be much > more efficient to do this using inotify events? > > I guess for this to work, the lua api would have to be extended but a > function: > notify_on_change(file,func) > calling func on changes to file. > > What do you thing? Cool Idea or garbage? > > Regards, > Nathan > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected]. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
