Added --with_threaded configuration flag

Fixes #36

3 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/XUtil.hsc b/src/XUtil.hsc
index 558a4c5..b736c9c 100644
--- a/src/XUtil.hsc
+++ b/src/XUtil.hsc
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
 -- Module      :  XUtil
--- Copyright   :  (C) 2007, 2011 Andrea Rossato
+-- Copyright   :  (C) 2007 Andrea Rossato
+--                (C) 2011, 2012 Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz
 -- License     :  BSD3
 --
--- Maintainer  :  andrea.rossato@unitn.it
+-- Maintainer  :  jao@gnu.org
 -- Stability   :  unstable
 -- Portability :  unportable
 --
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ import Control.Concurrent
 import Control.Monad.Trans
 import Data.IORef
 import Foreign
-import Foreign.C.Types
+-- import Foreign.C.Types
 import Graphics.X11.Xlib hiding (textExtents, textWidth)
 import qualified Graphics.X11.Xlib as Xlib (textExtents, textWidth)
 import Graphics.X11.Xlib.Extras
diff --git a/src/Xmobar.hs b/src/Xmobar.hs
index 2358a20..c348f99 100644
--- a/src/Xmobar.hs
+++ b/src/Xmobar.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable, CPP #-}
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
 -- Module      :  Xmobar
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ startLoop xcfg@(XConf _ _ w _ _) vs = do
     sig <- setupSignalHandler
     _ <- forkIO (checker tv [] vs sig `catch`
                    \(SomeException _) -> void (putStrLn "Thread checker failed"))
+#ifdef THREADED_RUNTIME
+    _ <- forkOS (eventer sig `catch`
+#else
     _ <- forkIO (eventer sig `catch`
+#endif
                    \(SomeException _) -> void (putStrLn "Thread eventer failed"))
     eventLoop tv xcfg sig
   where
@@ -97,7 +101,11 @@ startLoop xcfg@(XConf _ _ w _ _) vs = do
         selectInput       dpy w (exposureMask .|. structureNotifyMask)
 
         forever $ do
+#ifdef THREADED_RUNTIME
+          nextEvent dpy e
+#else
           nextEvent' dpy e
+#endif
           ev <- getEvent e
           case ev of
             ConfigureEvent {} -> putMVar signal Reposition
diff --git a/xmobar.cabal b/xmobar.cabal
index e80e8b3..db935f7 100644
--- a/xmobar.cabal
+++ b/xmobar.cabal
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ flag with_mpris
   description: MPRIS v1, v2 support
   default: False
 
+flag with_threaded
+  description: Use threaded runtime
+  default: False
+
 executable xmobar
     hs-source-dirs:     src
     main-is:            Main.hs
@@ -89,9 +93,12 @@ executable xmobar
        ghc-options: -funbox-strict-fields -Wall
        extra-libraries: Xrandr
 
-    -- Use --disable-optimization configure flag
-    -- if impl (ghc == 6.10.1) && arch (x86_64)
-    --    ghc-options: -O0
+    if flag(with_threaded)
+       -- -threaded is a workaround 100% CPU busy loop
+       -- (http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4934)
+       -- See also comments in https://github.com/jaor/xmobar/pull/36
+       ghc-options: -threaded
+       cpp-options: -DTHREADED_RUNTIME
 
     if impl (ghc >= 6.12.1)
        ghc-options: -fno-warn-unused-do-bind