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authorJose Antonio Ortega Ruiz <jao@gnu.org>2012-06-04 02:43:35 +0200
committerJose Antonio Ortega Ruiz <jao@gnu.org>2012-06-04 02:54:49 +0200
commitdd305fbe5303f7fd306bbc0828996df1ac55c9b4 (patch)
treea7c1dbebbfa6e6c2a46570d5737e76bd00933717
parentb465bbffb9d15dd76cd9d0c46e098ee60ace4f20 (diff)
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News/Readme updates (including making them github-friendlier)0.15
-rw-r--r--news.md (renamed from NEWS)6
-rw-r--r--readme.md (renamed from README)65
-rw-r--r--web/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--xmobar.cabal2
4 files changed, 43 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/news.md
index 48c7d3f..362d4ca 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/news.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
% xmobar - Release notes
-## Version 0.15
+## Version 0.15 (June 4, 2012)
_Incompatible changes_
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ _New features_
- New MPRIS (versions 1 and 2) monitor, by Artem Tarasov.
- New monitor option `-d` to specify the number of decimal places to
display for float numbers. Defaults to 0. See [issue 58].
+ - New compilation option `--with_threaded`, to use GHC's threaded
+ runtime to compile xmobar. Disabled by default (cf. discussion in
+ [github #36]).
_Bug fixes_
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ _Bug fixes_
[issue 64]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=64
[issue 67]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=67
[issue 69]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues/detail?id=69
+[github #36]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/38
[github #38]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/issues/38
## Version 0.14 (Dec 10, 2011)
diff --git a/README b/readme.md
index b340d30..efb7fe6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ Extensions need additional libraries (listed below) that will be
automatically downloaded and installed if you're using cabal install.
Otherwise, you'll need to install them yourself.
+`with_threaded`
+: Uses GHC's threaded runtime. Use this option if xmobar enters a
+ high-CPU regime right after starting.
+
`with_utf8`
: UTF-8 support. Requires the [utf8-string] package.
@@ -340,7 +344,7 @@ installed by default.
Each monitor has an `alias` to be used in the output template.
Monitors have default aliases.
-`Uptime Args RefreshRate`
+### `Uptime Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `uptime`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below). The low and high
@@ -351,7 +355,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
to add units to the display of those numeric fields.
- Default template: `Up: <days>d <hours>h <minutes>m`
-`Weather StationID Args RefreshRate`
+### `Weather StationID Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to the Station ID: so `Weather "LIPB" []` can be used in template as `%LIPB%`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below)
@@ -363,7 +367,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
- Requires `curl` in the `$PATH` to retrieve weather information from
`http://weather.noaa.gov`
-`Network Interface Args RefreshRate`
+### `Network Interface Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to the interface name: so `Network "eth0" []` can be used as
`%eth0%`
@@ -375,7 +379,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
string "Kb/s").
- Default template: `<dev>: <rx>KB|<tx>KB`
-`Wireless Interface Args RefreshRate`
+### `Wireless Interface Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to the interface name with the suffix "wi": thus, `Wirelss
"wlan0" []` can be used as `%wlan0wi%`
@@ -387,7 +391,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
installed in your system. In addition, to activate this plugin you
must pass `--flags="with_iwlib"` during compilation.
-`Memory Args RefreshRate`
+### `Memory Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `memory`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below)
@@ -396,7 +400,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
`usedratio`, `usedbar`, `freebar`
- Default template: `Mem: <usedratio>% (<cache>M)`
-`Swap Args RefreshRate`
+### `Swap Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `swap`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below)
@@ -404,7 +408,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
`total`, `used`, `free`, `usedratio`
- Default template: `Swap: <usedratio>%`
-`Cpu Args RefreshRate`
+### `Cpu Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `cpu`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below)
@@ -412,7 +416,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
`total`, `bar`, `user`, `nice`, `system`, `idle`, `iowait`
- Default template: `Cpu: <total>%`
-`MultiCpu Args RefreshRate`
+### `MultiCpu Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `multicpu`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below)
@@ -425,11 +429,11 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
and display one entry for each.
- Default template: `Cpu: <total>%`
-`Battery Args RefreshRate`
+### `Battery Args RefreshRate`
- Same as `BatteryP ["BAT0", "BAT1", "BAT2"] Args RefreshRate`.
-`BatteryP Dirs Args RefreshRate`
+### `BatteryP Dirs Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `battery`
- Dirs: list of directories in `/sys/class/power_supply/` where to
@@ -465,7 +469,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
refer to the `<left>` field, while those after the separator affect
how `<watts>` is displayed.
-`TopProc Args RefreshRate`
+### `TopProc Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `top`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below). The low and high
@@ -482,7 +486,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
maximum and/or minimum width, using the `-m`/`-M` arguments. `no` gives
the total number of processes.
-`TopMem Args RefreshRate`
+### `TopMem Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `topmem`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below). The low and high
@@ -495,7 +499,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
processes (`bothn` displays both, and is useful to specify an
overall maximum and/or minimum width, using the `-m`/`-M` arguments.
-`DiskU Disks Args RefreshRate`
+### `DiskU Disks Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `disku`
- Disks: list of pairs of the form (device or mount point, template),
@@ -510,7 +514,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
["-L", "20", "-H", "50", "-m", "1", "-p", "3",]
20
-`DiskIO Disks Args RefreshRate`
+### `DiskIO Disks Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `diskio`
- Disks: list of pairs of the form (device or mount point, template),
@@ -522,7 +526,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
Disks [("/", "<read> <write>"), ("sdb1", "<total>")] [] 10
-`ThermalZone Number Args RefreshRate`
+### `ThermalZone Number Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to "thermaln": so `ThermalZone 0 []` can be used in template
as `%thermal0%`
@@ -538,7 +542,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
Run ThermalZone 0 ["-t","<id>: <temp>C"] 30
-`Thermal Zone Args RefreshRate`
+#### `Thermal Zone Args RefreshRate`
- **This plugin is deprecated. Use `ThermalZone` instead.**
@@ -554,7 +558,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
Run Thermal "THRM" ["-t","iwl4965-temp: <temp>C"] 50
-`CpuFreq Args RefreshRate`
+### `CpuFreq Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `cpufreq`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below)
@@ -567,7 +571,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
Run CpuFreq ["-t", "Freq:<cpu0>|<cpu1>GHz", "-L", "0", "-H", "2",
"-l", "lightblue", "-n","white", "-h", "red"] 50
-`CoreTemp Args RefreshRate`
+### `CoreTemp Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `coretemp`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below)
@@ -581,7 +585,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
"-L", "40", "-H", "60",
"-l", "lightblue", "-n", "gray90", "-h", "red"] 50
-`Volume Mixer Element Args RefreshRate`
+### `Volume Mixer Element Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to the mixer name and element name separated by a colon. Thus,
`Volume "default" "Master" [] 10` can be used as `%default:Master%`.
@@ -613,7 +617,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
system. In addition, to activate this plugin you must pass
`--flags="with_alsa"` during compilation.
-`MPD Args RefreshRate`
+### `MPD Args RefreshRate`
- This monitor will only be compiled if you ask for it using the
`with_mpd` flag. It needs [libmpd] 5.0 or later (available on Hackage).
@@ -637,7 +641,8 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
"<composer> <title> (<album>) <track>/<plength> <statei> ",
"--", "-P", ">>", "-Z", "|", "-S", "><"] 10
-`Mpris1 PlayerName Args RefreshRate`
+### `Mpris1 PlayerName Args RefreshRate`
+
- Aliases to `mpris1`
- Requires [dbus-core] and [text] packages.
To activate, pass `--flags="with_mpris"` during compilation.
@@ -651,11 +656,12 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
Run Mpris1 "clementine" ["-t",
"<artist> - [<tracknumber>] <title>"] 10
-`Mpris2 PlayerName Args RefreshRate`
+### `Mpris2 PlayerName Args RefreshRate`
+
- Just like Mpris1.
Supposed to be used with mediaplayers which support MPRIS v2.
-`Mail Args Alias`
+### `Mail Args Alias`
- Args: list of maildirs in form
`[("name1","path1"),...]`. Paths may start with a '~'
@@ -669,8 +675,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
("lists", "~/var/mail/lists")]
"mail"
-
-`MBox Mboxes Opts Alias`
+### `MBox Mboxes Opts Alias`
- Mboxes a list of mbox files of the form `[("name", "path", "color")]`,
where name is the displayed name, path the absolute or relative (to
@@ -696,7 +701,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
Run MBox [("I ", "inbox", "red"), ("O ", "~/foo/mbox", "")]
["-d", "/var/mail/", "-p", " "] "mbox"
-`XPropertyLog PropName`
+### `XPropertyLog PropName`
- Aliases to `PropName`
- Reads the X property named by `PropName` (a string) and displays its
@@ -706,11 +711,11 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
[samples/xmonadpropwrite.hs script]: https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/raw/master/samples/xmonadpropwrite.hs
-`NamedXPropertyLog PropName Alias`
+### `NamedXPropertyLog PropName Alias`
- Same as XPropertyLog, but a custom alias can be specified.
-`Brightness Args RefreshRate`
+### `Brightness Args RefreshRate`
- Aliases to `bright`
- Args: default monitor arguments (see below), plus the following specif ones:
@@ -727,7 +732,7 @@ Monitors have default aliases.
Run Brightness ["-t", "<bar>"] 60
-`Kbd Opts`
+### `Kbd Opts`
- Registers to XKB/X11-Events and output the currently active keyboard layout.
Supports replacement of layoutnames.
@@ -1108,7 +1113,7 @@ more details.
Copyright &copy; 2007-2010 Andrea Rossato
-Copyright &copy; 2010-2011 Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz
+Copyright &copy; 2010-2012 Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz
[Github]: http://github.com/jaor/xmobar/
[Github page]: http://github.com/jaor/xmobar
diff --git a/web/Makefile b/web/Makefile
index 6f807e9..e0a14ab 100644
--- a/web/Makefile
+++ b/web/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-index = ../README
-releases = ../NEWS
+index = ../readme.md
+releases = ../news.md
css = xmobar.css
images = xmobar-sawfish.png xmobar-xmonad.png
remote = community.haskell.org:/srv/projects/xmobar/
diff --git a/xmobar.cabal b/xmobar.cabal
index db935f7..71ea524 100644
--- a/xmobar.cabal
+++ b/xmobar.cabal
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer: Jose A. Ortega Ruiz <jao@gnu.org>
cabal-version: >= 1.6
build-type: Simple
-extra-source-files: README, NEWS,
+extra-source-files: readme.md, news.md,
samples/xmobar.config, samples/xmonadpropwrite.hs
samples/Plugins/helloworld.config,
samples/Plugins/HelloWorld.hs