information for multiple batteries

[Leif Warner]

I start xmobar from xmonad, and it's also restarted when I restart xmobar.
https://github.com/LeifW/Profile/blob/master/xmonad.hs#L63
When I hit mod-q, it re-reads my .xmobarrc, or re-measures the temperature,
or whatever.

I'm also using XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog, only using "statusBar" instead of
"xmobar".  Don't remember why I did that; maybe it's more configurable?
-Leif


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Tamas Papp <tkpapp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jose,
>
> On Fri, Jun 28 2013, jao at gnu.org wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jun 28 2013, Tamas Papp wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a way to do this with xmobar, or should I just hack something
> >> together using external commands and a shell script?
> >
> > There was no way... if you can use the git version of xmobar, i've just
> > pushed a patch that provides BatteryN, which works like BatteryP except
> > that in the configuration you pass a name for the alias; that should
> > allow you set up a monitor per battery.  If you have a chance to try it,
> > let me know if it works!
>
> Thanks for the quick fix -- I managed to recompile from source and now
> it works fine.
>
> I have a couple of (somewhat unrelated) questions:
>
> 1. How can I restart xmobar, eg with a signal?  Currently I use
>
> $ killall xmobar; ~/.cabal/bin/xmobar
>
> 2. Can I start xmobar from xmonad?  Using suggestions on the web, my
> xmonad.hs now looks like this:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> import XMonad
> import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
> import XMonad.Config.Desktop
> import XMonad
> import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog (xmobar)
>
> main = xmonad =<< xmobar desktopConfig
>          { modMask = mod4Mask
>          , terminal = "xfce4-terminal -e screen"
>          }
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> but when xmonad is restarted (Mod4-Q) xmobar is not started, I still
> have to start it manually.  I am using the latest xmonad, xmonad-contrib
> and xmobar from cabal.
>
> 3. I cannot install xmobar with all extensions, because I am missing
> alsa-core:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ~/src/xmobar$ cabal install -fall_extensions
> Resolving dependencies...
> Configuring alsa-core-0.5.0.1...
> cabal: The pkg-config package alsa version >=1.0.14 is required but it
> could
> not be found.
> Failed to install alsa-core-0.5.0.1
> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
> alsa-core-0.5.0.1 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> ExitFailure 1
> alsa-mixer-0.1.2 depends on alsa-core-0.5.0.1 which failed to install.
> xmobar-0.18 depends on alsa-core-0.5.0.1 which failed to install.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> What can I do to remedy this (I am on Debian, could not figure out which
> package to install).
>
> Best,
>
> Tamas
>
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