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| -rwxr-xr-x | py3status/__init__.py | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/py3status/__init__.py b/py3status/__init__.py index 9abb0d5..5394f13 100755 --- a/py3status/__init__.py +++ b/py3status/__init__.py @@ -1405,6 +1405,9 @@ class Py3statusWrapper(): signal(SIGUSR1, self.sig_handler) signal(SIGTERM, self.terminate) + # initialize an empty json list output + previous_json_list = [] + # main loop while True: try: @@ -1456,14 +1459,18 @@ class Py3statusWrapper(): # old style ordering json_list = self.get_modules_output(json_list) - # dump the line to stdout - print_line('{}{}'.format(prefix, dumps(json_list))) + # dump the line to stdout on change + if json_list != previous_json_list: + print_line('{}{}'.format(prefix, dumps(json_list))) # update i3status output self.i3status_thread.update_json_list() - # sleep a bit before doing this again - sleep(self.config['interval']) + # remember the last json list output + previous_json_list = json_list + + # sleep a bit before doing this again to avoid killing the CPU + sleep(0.1) except UserWarning: # SIGUSR1 was received, we also force i3status to refresh by # sending it a SIGUSR1 as well then we refresh the bar asap |