On 2008-11-19, Marc Hartstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will do, thanks.
It's there now. >> Also, on a cursory glance, it appeared to be a timer hack. If it's > > Yeah, the getting out of the way so statusbar can finish setting itself > up before attempting to open a connection is a timer hack. After that, > well, mpd doesn't push, so we have to pull. Ah, then the timer hack isn't that bad, although it would be nice to not block on waiting. One of the reasons for the existence of ion-statusd is, however, that scripts can be written without all the care that goes into avoiding blocking. (It would not be nice to block the entire WM!) > I'll look into the event stuff in ion3 the next time I get a bit of time > I want to spend on this. Maybe I should switch over to ion3-plus? There are a few minor new features in ion3plus compared to ion3, but the primary reason for using it is if one wants to work on it. Ion3 being stable and not getting new features, just fixes. -- In 1995, Linux was almost a bicycle; an alternative way of live to the Windows petrol beasts that had to be taken to the dealer for service. By 2008, Linux has bloated into a gas-guzzler, and local vendors and artisans have had to yield to "all under one roof" big box hypermarkets.
