Re: [STUMP] couldn't create pipe: "Too many open files"

[Shawn Betts]

> When I start up, everything works right.  But eventually, after I'm not sure 
> how long, the date and time disappears from the mode line.  I copied my mode 
> line settings from a .stumpwmrc I found online (sorry I don't remember 
> exactly who originally posted it):
>
> ;; modeline format
>  (setf *screen-mode-line-format*
>       (list "[^B" '(:eval (run-shell-command "date '+%R, %F %a'|tr -d 
> [:cntrl:]" t)) "^b]"
>             " | %B"
>             " | [^B%n^b] %W"))

Obviously the problem should be fixed but I should note that running a
shell command to format the date is not the best way to format the
date. Just use %d and customize *time-modeline-string*. See time.lisp
for details. Someone please correct me if I got that wrong!

-Shawn