From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9160 invoked by alias); 14 Jul 2010 01:11:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 15187 Received: (qmail 9890 invoked from network); 14 Jul 2010 01:11:31 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at smasher.org designates 69.55.237.145 as permitted sender) cc: zsh-users@zsh.org Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:11:25 +1200 (NZST) From: Atom Smasher In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1007141309200.5546@smasher> MIME-Version: 1.0 OpenPGP: id=0xB88D52E4D9F57808; algo=1 (RSA); size=4096; url=http://atom.smasher.org/pgp.txt References: <1007130241570.5546@smasher> <201007121737.21296.joke@seiken.de> <201007121745.20332.joke@seiken.de> <20100712161519.GO1499@prunille.vinc17.org> <1007140055140.5546@smasher> <1007140253330.5546@smasher> Subject: Re: zsh portable script To: "Benjamin R. Haskell" X-POM: The Moon is Waxing Crescent (8% of Full) X-Hashcash: 1:20:1007140111:zsh@benizi.com::SBHLpbKajaUqy6C8:0000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000K8O X-Hashcash: 1:20:1007140111:zsh-users@zsh.org::v0sdveOSkuEp1NxN:0000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000MeC On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote: >> on my bsd laptop i always have at least one mrxvt with ten shells open. >> it seems to make sense to just have root get the info once per minute >> and let the shells read it from a file, than have a bunch of shells all >> invoking sysctl and all figuring out about the battery. > > Are those many shells all frequently generating prompts? precmd only > runs once per prompt. ================== my prompts are generated ~about~ twice per minute, per shell. that keeps the time and load averages up to date. they're staggered randomly, so they don't all happen at once. -- ...atom ________________________ http://atom.smasher.org/ 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 ------------------------------------------------- "The only inherent sin in society lies in hurting others unnecessarily. Hurting yourself in not sinful - just dumb." -- Robert Heinlein