Command Runner Applet
=====================

A panel applet which periodically runs a command and displays its output.


How does it work
----------------

You add the applet to your panel the usual way: right-click, select "add to
panel" and select the Command Runner applet. Once it starts, it loads its
configuration and periodically runs a shell command, displaying its result in a
simple text label on the panel, pausing for 5 seconds between the command
invocations.

The command which is run is configurable via a little 'Preferences' dialog
accessible by right-clicking the applet. There is also an 'About' dialog.
The default command is "echo 'Hello.'"


What is it good for?
--------------------

I developed it to be able to keep an eye on the size of the mail queue on my
laptop, to avoid the problem where a misconfiguration I introduced would stop
any mail from being sent from my system.

Known problems
--------------

The command is run from the main thread, so the UI is unresponsive while the
command is running. However any mouse/keyboard events will be processed when
the current command finishes.


Copyright and License
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Code:
  Copyright 2010-2011 Marcin Owsiany <marcin@owsiany.pl>

Icon taken from gnome-subtitles:
  Copyright 2006 Stefan A. Keel (Sak) <http://sak.102010.org>


This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
