[Iñigo]

Hi everybody,

Originally Posted by CoolDragon

Still, works on QEMU, but not on device.

Even the simple label update works on qemu. That's why I think the problem is related to the e-ink technology and refresh implementation.

Originally Posted by CoolDragon

A little improvement:

If I replace the code in statusbar_timeout_clock() from:

     sprintf(now_str, "<big>%2.2d:%2.2d</big>", local->tm_hour, local->tm_min);
     gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(label), now_str);

to

     gtk_button_set_label(GTK_BUTTON(g_menu_button), _(now_str));

Yes, that's the easy way but It doesn't work if there is some markup in the text, as our case (the big or bold tags). That's the reason I get label first and then set the text using gtk_label_set_markup() instead of xxx_set_text().

Originally Posted by CoolDragon

There is a better chance that turning pages will trigger an update of the clock. I don't know why, somebody else can explain?

Also, there is something true with regard to Mackx's "suspend" theory: turning pages does NOT ALWAYS re-draw the clock if the time between page turning is long enough (like several minutes), but if you turn pages fast enough (maybe less than 5 seconds , thus disables the 5-second suspend timeout), it is very likely to re-draw the clock.

I think Mackx is correct in his hypothesis.
Anyway, I think I'll leave the code as it is now... perhaps waking device juts to update the clock would drain the battery. And as a simple show menu refresh the clock I don't think is so awful to live with it.

Originally Posted by Mackx

Could this help? Found it in notepad_ipc.cpp:

    static void ipc_menu_update_toolbar(void)
    {
        eripc_send_varargs(eripcClient->context, NULL, NULL, ERIPC_BUS_SESSION,
                DBUS_SERVICE_POPUP_MENU, "updatesFinished", ERIPC_TYPE_INVALID);
    }

Uhmmm... I didn't notice the eripcClient is a global variable that can be used anywhere... interesting!