noidle 2.0

pronounced 'noyd-l'

What is noidle:

A utility for keeping an interactive shell session appear 'active'.
Many firewalls timeout connections if you don't touch them, this
keeps data flowing, so this doesn't happen.  It also makes a fancy
title bar in your window, so you have stuff to look at.



Installation:

- Install WWW::StockPrice.

- Make executable, somewhere in your path



Configuration:

Create a file in your home directory named '.noidlerc'.  In it put as
many options as you want from this list:

shell <s>	What command to run, by default it runs your login shell.
		If you use screen, a typical command might be
		'screen -R -T xterm' for you to run.  I use the
		-T xterm to allow screen to pass ANSI colors through.

update <n>	Number of seconds between updates.

format <x>	A format string, similar to printf:

		%h	short hostname
		%s(s)	show stock price for symbol 's'
		%t(x)	time (x = 0 for 12 hr time, and 1 for 24 hr time)
			(hh:mm?M or hh:mm)
		%d	date (mm/dd/yyyy)
		%l	1 minute load average
		%L	1, 5 and 15 minute load average seperated by commas
			as in 'uptime'
		%m(x)	Mail count marked with a * if there are unread
			messages, use 'x' to specify a path to your
			mailbox, if no 'x' is supplied it will use
			/var/mail/<username>.  This option doesn't support
			maildirs (yet).



Changes:

2.3	Updated for stock quote module 1.0.3.
2.2	Fixed signal bug that was causing perl 5.8 to core dump.
2.1	Updated time display to use strftime.
2.0	This version is written in perl, and supports configuration
and stock quotes.

