ui: add timer tick every 300ms

Check for pending events in the main process by receiving a timer event
every 300ms. This way loaded folders or received emails will get
recognized even if the appropriate informing signals got lost.

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/bin.rs b/src/bin.rs
index b00be789..35acf63f 100644
--- a/src/bin.rs
+++ b/src/bin.rs
@@ -45,12 +45,24 @@ use xdg;
 
 fn notify(
     signals: &[c_int],
+    sender: crossbeam::channel::Sender<ThreadEvent>,
 ) -> std::result::Result<crossbeam::channel::Receiver<c_int>, std::io::Error> {
     let (s, r) = crossbeam::channel::bounded(100);
     let signals = signal_hook::iterator::Signals::new(signals)?;
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        for signal in signals.forever() {
-            s.send(signal).unwrap();
+        let mut ctr = 0;
+        loop {
+            ctr %= 3;
+            if ctr == 0 {
+                sender.send(ThreadEvent::Pulse).unwrap();
+            }
+
+            for signal in signals.pending() {
+                s.send(signal).unwrap();
+            }
+
+            std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+            ctr += 1;
         }
     });
     Ok(r)
@@ -175,18 +187,19 @@ fn main() -> std::result::Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         std::env::set_var("MELI_CONFIG", config_location);
     }
 
+    /* Create the application State. */
+    let mut state = State::new();
+
+    let receiver = state.receiver();
+    let sender = state.sender();
+
     /* Catch SIGWINCH to handle terminal resizing */
     let signals = &[
         /* Catch SIGWINCH to handle terminal resizing */
         signal_hook::SIGWINCH,
     ];
 
-    let signal_recvr = notify(signals)?;
-
-    /* Create the application State. This is the 'System' part of an ECS architecture */
-    let mut state = State::new();
-
-    let receiver = state.receiver();
+    let signal_recvr = notify(signals, sender)?;
 
     /* Register some reasonably useful interfaces */
     let window = Box::new(Tabbed::new(vec![
@@ -219,7 +232,11 @@ fn main() -> std::result::Result<(), std::io::Error> {
             /* Poll on all channels. Currently we have the input channel for stdin, watching events and the signal watcher. */
             crossbeam::select! {
                 recv(receiver) -> r => {
-                    match debug!(r.unwrap()) {
+                    match r {
+                         Ok(ThreadEvent::Pulse) => {},
+                        _ => {debug!(&r);}
+                    }
+                    match r.unwrap() {
                         ThreadEvent::Input(Key::Ctrl('z')) => {
                             state.switch_to_main_screen();
                             //_thread_handler.join().expect("Couldn't join on the associated thread");
diff --git a/ui/src/state.rs b/ui/src/state.rs
index 63a82285..27bcdfe2 100644
--- a/ui/src/state.rs
+++ b/ui/src/state.rs
@@ -365,6 +365,11 @@ impl State {
     pub fn receiver(&self) -> Receiver<ThreadEvent> {
         self.context.receiver.clone()
     }
+
+    pub fn sender(&self) -> Sender<ThreadEvent> {
+        self.context.sender.clone()
+    }
+
     pub fn restore_input(&mut self) {
         self.context.restore_input();
     }