Re: [dev] dmenu_path rewrite in C

From: Aled Gest <himselfe_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 15:01:55 +0100

Isn't all this the purpose of the 'lsx' tool?

http://tools.suckless.org/lsx

Admittedly it doesn't handle caching, but a hybrid between shell and
the lsx tool might result in faster cache regeneration.

Regards,
Al Gest

On 19 May 2010 09:04, Elmo Todurov <todurov_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I rewrote dmenu_path in C. It's an order of magnitude faster than the shell
> script on cache misses and around 2 times faster on cache hits.
>
> I'm attaching the code to this mail. I'd be glad to see it included in
> dmenu.
>
> Elmo Todurov
>
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