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diff --git a/doc/using-haskell.org b/doc/using-haskell.org index 4020557..9fd3d88 100644 --- a/doc/using-haskell.org +++ b/doc/using-haskell.org @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ config :: Config config = defaultConfig - { font = "xft:Terminus-8", + { font = "DejaVu Sans Mono 9", allDesktops = True, alpha = 200, commands = @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ } main :: IO () - main = xmobar config + main = xmobar config -- or: configFromArgs config >>= xmobar #+end_src You can then for instance run =ghc --make xmobar.hs= to create a new xmobar @@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ system-wide xmobar, it will notice that you have your own implementation and (re)compile and run it as needed. +* Using dynamic linking + + Setting the =with_shared= flag, which is off by default, enables (re)building + of xmobar with shared libraries. By default, =xmobar= rebuilds itself with + static linking, as is the common practice with Haskell programs, but some + distributions use dynamic linking in their packages, or you might also be so + inclined. If so, this is your flag. + * Writing a plugin :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: writing-a-plugin @@ -75,8 +83,8 @@ =run= can be used for simpler plugins. If you define only =run= the plugin will be run every second. To overwrite this default you just need to implement =rate=, which must return the number of tenth of seconds between - every successive runs. See [[../etc/xmobar.hs][etc/xmobar.hs]] for an example of a plugin - that runs just once, and [[../src/Xmobar/Plugins/Date.hs][src/Xmobar/Plugins/Date.hs]] for one that + every successive runs. See [[https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar/src/branch/master/etc/xmobar.hs][etc/xmobar.hs]] for an example of a plugin + that runs just once, and [[https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar/src/branch/master/src/Xmobar/Plugins/Date.hs][src/Xmobar/Plugins/Date.hs]] for one that implements =rate=. Notice that Date could be implemented as: @@ -107,14 +115,14 @@ If your plugin only implements =alias= and =start=, then it is advisable to put it into the =Xmobar/Plugins/Monitors= directory and use one of the many - =run*= functions in [[../src/Xmobar/Plugins/Monitors/Common/Run.hs][Xmobar.Plugins.Monitors.Run]] in order to define - =start=. The =Exec= instance should then live in [[../src/Xmobar/Plugins/Monitors.hs][Xmobar.Plugins.Monitors]]. + =run*= functions in [[https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar/src/branch/master/src/Xmobar/Plugins/Monitors/Common/Run.hs][Xmobar.Plugins.Monitors.Run]] in order to define + =start=. The =Exec= instance should then live in [[https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar/src/branch/master/src/Xmobar/Plugins/Monitors.hs][Xmobar.Plugins.Monitors]]. * Using a plugin To use your new plugin, you just need to use a pure Haskell configuration for xmobar (as explained [[#xmobar-in-haskell][above]]) and load your definitions in your =xmobar.hs= - file. You can see an example in [[../etc/xmobar.hs][etc/xmobar.hs]] showing you how to write + file. You can see an example in [[https://codeberg.org/xmobar/xmobar/src/branch/master/etc/xmobar.hs][etc/xmobar.hs]] showing you how to write a Haskell configuration that uses a new plugin, all in one file. When xmobar runs with the full path to that Haskell file as its argument |