stange problem with command (worked in 1.4)

[ghistes]

Hi,

this is my test-config:

separator_block_width=15   
markup=pango
separator=false

[shell]
command=echo shell
interval=60

[perl]
command=perl -e 'print "perl"'
interval=60

[python2]
command=python2 -c 'print("python2")'
interval=60

[python3]
command=python3 -c 'print("python3")'
interval=60

When I use this with version 1.4 I the strings "shell perl python2 python3" are display (as expected).

However with 1.5 the perl-output goes missing. Only "shell python2 python3" are displayed.

This boils down a problem I have with another perl-script that used to work in 1.4 but no longer.

What is going on here and how can I make perl work again (it's my main scripting language)?

Many thanks!

[ghistes]

ok, I understand the problem now.

In the new (1.5) version the behaviour with regards to newlines has changed.

Now the script output MUST end with a newline otherwise it does not work, previously it also worked if a script only printed some characters without ending in a newline.

So in the above perl's print does not add a newline (but python's print does - that is the difference).

It can easly fixed with command=perl -e 'print "whatever\n"' but this behaviour came as a surprise to me as it seems to be a change from the previous version.

I hope this is documented well.