[IDEA] Speeding up setup with localsignals

[Byson94]

In ewwii 0.3.0, I made a new variable type called localsignal that can be binded to a widget property directly through localbind ucontainer. I suggest that you migrate things like clocks to localsignal as it will reduce the resource usage and improve performance greatly.

[Byson94]

It can be used like this:

fn example() {
    let time = localbind(#{
        type: "poll",
        cmd: "date '+%H:%M'",
        interval: "1m",
    });

    return box(#{}, [
        localbind(#{
            label: time
        }, [
            label(#{ text: "value" })
       ]),
    ])
}

[BinaryHarbinger]

I'm trying to implement this but server keeps returning this error: Function not found: localbind (map) @ '/home/efe/Dotfiles/config/ewwii/ewwii.rhai' (line 8, position 16) in call to function 'clock' (from '/home/efe/Dotfiles/config/ewwii/ewwii.rhai') (line 497, position 8)

I copied your example function and just changed name to clock. Also checked verison via ewwii --version and updated it (even tough my version was ewwii 0.3.0 b53431d86120152f0b32f774601e7100d03c823e)

[Byson94]

Ah my bad! The example I gave was just pesudo code (I didnt run it). Here is something that actually works:

fn example() {
    let time = localsignal(#{
        type: "poll",
        cmd: "date '+%H:%M'",
        interval: "1m",
    });

    return box(#{}, [
        localbind(#{
            label: time
        }, [
            label(#{ text: "value" })
       ]),
    ])
}

[Byson94]

Here is the documentation if you are interested in it: https://ewwii-sh.github.io/docs/config_and_syntax/variables#dynamic-local-signal

[BinaryHarbinger]

I'll implement this to my clock but I have a better idea. Scales updating a bit slow to use along with playerctl. If localsignal method is fast enough I can reimplement settings music duration with desktop widget.

[Byson94]

I'll implement this to my clock but I have a better idea. Scales updating a bit slow to use along with playerctl. If localsignal method is fast enough I can reimplement settings music duration with desktop widget.

Unfortunately localbind wont be able to bind propeties like "value" because scale is a subclass of range which is a very different widget. You can wait until 0.4.0 or use the git version if you want it to work.

[BinaryHarbinger]

I'll implement this to my clock but I have a better idea. Scales updating a bit slow to use along with playerctl. If localsignal method is fast enough I can reimplement settings music duration with desktop widget.

Unfortunately localbind wont be able to bind propeties like "value" because scale is a subclass of range which is a very different widget. You can wait until 0.4.0 or use the git version if you want it to work.

I'll wait for next release I guess.

By the way ewwii binary version in AUR ewwii-bin seems to be in version 0.3.0-1. As I know latest stable version supposed to be 0.3.1-1

[Byson94]

I'll implement this to my clock but I have a better idea. Scales updating a bit slow to use along with playerctl. If localsignal method is fast enough I can reimplement settings music duration with desktop widget.

Unfortunately localbind wont be able to bind propeties like "value" because scale is a subclass of range which is a very different widget. You can wait until 0.4.0 or use the git version if you want it to work.

I'll wait for next release I guess.

By the way ewwii binary version in AUR ewwii-bin seems to be in version 0.3.0-1. As I know latest stable version supposed to be 0.3.1-1

Thanks for the information. I've updated the PKGBUILD!