Re: [dwm] piped input to dwm

On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 01:21:14PM +0200, <lordkrandel_AT_gmail.com>:
~> mkfifo $HOME/pipe
~> echo "test"> $HOME/pipe &
~> exec /usr/local/bin/dwm < $HOME/pipe
~>
~> "test" does not appear in the statusbar
~> What am I missing?

if(readin)
      FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &rd);
[...]
case 0:
        strncpy(stext, "EOF", 4);
        readin = False; <--- when EOF is read, no more input is taken
        break;

try instead:
        while [ 0 ]; do echo "test "; sleep 1; done > $HOME/pipe

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