Re: Paul's & xcal's lsxcommand mojo

Mattias Westlund wrote:
> You're right; it was my thinking that was flawed. Of course it needs to 
> check the history file, *not* the lsxcparser file -- since the latter 
> doesn't get updated until the history file is checked. D'oh! :)
> 
> It works now -- I have a clickable, auto-updating history. Only thing 
> that irks me is having to add another module to the setup for that 
> single purpose... ah well.

This works without the *watchfile - just a bit of xlabel trickery and xcal's 
lsxcparser.


  *Label cmdhist
  cmdhistStartHidden	false
  cmdhistAlwaysOnTop	true
  cmdhistX		20
  cmdhistY		40
  cmdhistFontAlign	left
  cmdhistFontLeftBorder	4
  cmdhistFontRightBorder	4
  cmdhistAutoWidthMode	left
  cmdhistAutoHeightMode	top
  cmdhistFile		"$ConfigDir$cmdhist.txt"
  cmdhistText		"<u>Command 
History:</u><br>[line('$cmdhistFile$',1,$CommandHistoryEntries+0$)]"
  cmdhistUpdateInterval	1000
  cmdhistUpdateAlways

  *Label history
  historyStartHidden	true
  historyAlwaysOnTop	false
  historyX		20
  historyY		40
  historyFontAlign	left
  historyFontLeftBorder	4
  historyFontRightBorder	4
  historyAutoWidthMode	left
  historyAutoHeightMode	top
  historyFile		"$commandHistoryFile$"
  historyText		"[line('$historyFile$',2,lineCount('$historyFile$'))]"
  historyOnTextChange	"$ConfigDir$lsxcparser.exe" "$CommandHistoryFile$" 
"$cmdHistFile$" "0"
  historyUpdateInterval	1000
  historyUpdateAlways


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