working on stuff

src/bar/bar.zig

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub const Bar = struct {
         for (self.widgets) |w| {
             var thread = try std.Thread.spawn(w, Widget.start);
         }
-        var thread = try std.Thread.spawn(self, Bar.process);
+        _ = try std.Thread.spawn(self, Bar.process);
         // TODO: wait for kill signal to kill bar instead of waiting for thread.
         //thread.wait();
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ pub const Bar = struct {
                     self.terminal_input_process() catch {};
                 }
             } else {
-                self.i3bar_input_process() catch {};
+                try self.i3bar_input_process();
             }
         }
     }

src/widgets/marqueetext/marqueetext.zig

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const Info = @import("../../types/info.zig");
+const MouseEvent = @import("../../types/mouseevent.zig");
+const Bar = @import("../../types/bar.zig").Bar;
+
+pub const MarqueeTextWidget = struct {
+    bar: *Bar,
+    texts: [][]const u8,
+
+    pub fn name(self: *MarqueeTextWidget) []const u8 {
+        return "mqtemp";
+    }
+    pub fn initial_info(self: *MarqueeTextWidget) Info {
+        return Info{
+            .name = "mqtemp",
+            .full_text = "mqtemp",
+            .markup = "pango",
+        };
+    }
+    pub fn mouse_event(self: *MarqueeTextWidget, event: MouseEvent) void {}
+
+    pub fn start(self: *MarqueeTextWidget) anyerror!void {
+        while (self.bar.keep_running()) {
+            for (self.texts) |y| {
+                try self.bar.add(Info{
+                    .name = "mqtemp",
+                    .full_text = y,
+                    .markup = "pango",
+                });
+                std.time.sleep(std.time.ns_per_ms * 250);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+pub inline fn New(bar: *Bar, comptime text: []const u8, comptime width: comptime_int) MarqueeTextWidget {
+    const marqueedtexts = comptime blk: {
+        @setEvalBranchQuota(100000000);
+        comptime var new_text: []const u8 = text;
+        while ((new_text.len % width) != 1) {
+            comptime new_text = new_text ++ " ";
+        }
+        new_text = new_text ++ new_text[0 .. width - 1];
+        comptime var new_texts: [new_text.len / width][width]u8 = undefined;
+        var result: [new_text.len][]const u8 = undefined;
+        comptime var i: i64 = 0;
+        while (true) {
+            result[i] = new_text[i .. i + width];
+            if (i + width == new_text.len) {
+                break;
+            } else {
+                i = i + 1;
+            }
+        }
+        //for (new_texts) |y, i| result[i] = y[0..];
+
+        break :blk result[0..];
+    };
+    return MarqueeTextWidget{
+        .bar = bar,
+        .texts = marqueedtexts,
+    };
+}