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@@ -1348,6 +1348,7 @@ can be used in the output template as `%mydate%`
- Reads its displayed output from the given pipe.
- Prefix an optional default text separated by a colon
+- Expands environment variables in the first argument of syntax '${VAR}' or '$VAR'
<font size="+1">**`MarqueePipeReader "default text:/path/to/pipe" (length, rate, sep) Alias`**</font>
@@ -1357,6 +1358,8 @@ can be used in the output template as `%mydate%`
Run MarqueePipeReader "/tmp/testpipe" (10, 7, "+") "mpipe"
+- Expands environment variables in the first argument
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**`BufferedPipeReader Alias [(Timeout, Bool, "/path/to/pipe1"), ..]`**
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@@ -1386,6 +1389,7 @@ can be used in the output template as `%mydate%`
`"/tmp/xmobar_status"` will reveal xmonad for 1.5 seconds and
temporarily overwrite the window titles.
- Take a look at [samples/status.sh]
+- Expands environment variables for the pipe path
[samples/status.sh]: http://github.com/jaor/xmobar/raw/master/samples/status.sh