Re: [O] Show current task in taskbar

2011-05-09 Thread Nathan Neff
Matt, this is most excellent. I just have to run "server-start" from Emacs, and then I have a cron job that runs every 30 seconds that updates the status bar. Very cool. Eric, I might use your method if I have trouble with emacs server or something similar. Thanks for both feedbacks -- this is

Re: [O] Show current task in taskbar

2011-04-22 Thread Eric S Fraga
Nathan Neff writes: > Hello, > > I use wmii which is a minimalist tiling window manager. > It has a taskbar that can show text/icons, etc. > > I'd like to see my currently logged in task on the taskbar. > > The way I see it, I could either 1) poll emacs for the current task > or 2) have emacs run

Re: [O] Show current task in taskbar

2011-04-18 Thread Matt Lundin
Nathan Neff writes: > Hello, > > I use wmii which is a minimalist tiling window manager. > It has a taskbar that can show text/icons, etc. > > I'd like to see my currently logged in task on the taskbar. > > The way I see it, I could either 1) poll emacs for the current task Provided you have the

[O] Show current task in taskbar

2011-04-18 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I use wmii which is a minimalist tiling window manager. It has a taskbar that can show text/icons, etc. I'd like to see my currently logged in task on the taskbar. The way I see it, I could either 1) poll emacs for the current task or 2) have emacs run a cron job and output the current ta