It's a pretty simple edit to the code, I think. I don't currently have the repository cloned because I'm running the version from the Arch repos but I'm happy to clone and make a pull request for this.
I'll need to run against the 0.16.1 tag rather than the latest commit but assume that's ok. On Sat, 7 Nov 2020 at 09:04, tcld <[email protected]> wrote: > I have come across this as well. At the moment the widget updates in > predefined intervals. So if you wait a "little" (mine updates every 15 > minutes), the display will be changed accordingly. > > I'll have a look at the code, maybe the update can be triggered after the > "execute"-command is finished. > > On Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 22:47:53 UTC+1 Justine Smithies wrote: > >> Thanks for your reply. A code modification was what I was thinking but >> wondered if I could avoid that. Possibly not though. >> >> On Thu, 5 Nov 2020, 21:36 el Paraguayo, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Looking at the code, the button press just runs the "execute" command >>> but doesn't trigger a refresh of the widget (see: >>> https://github.com/qtile/qtile/blob/master/libqtile/widget/check_updates.py#L71 >>> ). >>> >>> You could either modify the code in the widget to trigger a refresh or >>> write a shell script that runs your update command and then refreshes the >>> widget, and use that shell script in your "execute" field. >>> >>> However, I'm not sure how you can trigger the refresh from a shell >>> script but it feels like it should be possible! >>> >>> On Thu, 5 Nov 2020 at 11:08, Justine Smithies <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Wondering if anyone has an issue with widget.CheckUpdates. I'm using >>>> Arch with yay and have that set in the distro field and in the custom >>>> command I have checkuodates+aur which runs fine and shows updates. I have >>>> kitty -e yay -Syu in the execute field so when I click on the updates bar >>>> when there are some showing it opens the terminal and updates. The issue I >>>> have is that after this when the terminal window closes it still says the >>>> updates are available when I think it should re run the widget.CheckUpdates >>>> so it sees none are now available and clears the update widget. >>>> >>>> PS I'm loving Qtile and learning a new language at the same time after >>>> spending a long time jumping from KDE to xfce and back. >>>> >>>> Justine >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "qtile-dev" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADrRWNY2O0NyYDo%2BkNy8%2BR6tYeBm%3DumcxUWbJ_wHdhC4G%2BtXpA%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADrRWNY2O0NyYDo%2BkNy8%2BR6tYeBm%3DumcxUWbJ_wHdhC4G%2BtXpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "qtile-dev" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADPQLhDBoSnp2bXdoONex6SHkBXWxLnhqkOUmUJVDYuSgXpy_A%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADPQLhDBoSnp2bXdoONex6SHkBXWxLnhqkOUmUJVDYuSgXpy_A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qtile-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/3fbe80ec-4fbe-482c-a0d2-048ebada2d65n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/3fbe80ec-4fbe-482c-a0d2-048ebada2d65n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADPQLhDqadVCUWrVJvgLnLYHCgC%2BbPTZniE1_xXau9NQiCWBxg%40mail.gmail.com.
