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+;;; dzen.el --- Control DZEN2 from emacs
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2012  Tom Willemsen
+
+;; Author: Tom Willemsen <slash@drd>
+;; Keywords: convenience
+
+;; 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;;
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(require 'newst-backend)
+(require 'sawfish)
+
+(defun get-mail-count (account)
+  (length (directory-files (concat "/home/slash/documents/mail/"
+                                   account "/inbox/new") nil "^[^.]")))
+
+(defun dzen-start ()
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((proc (start-process "dzen2" "*dzen2*" "dzen2"
+                             "-w" "1920"
+                             "-fn" "Monaco-12"
+                             "-bg" "#222224"
+                             "-fg" "#eeeeec"))
+        (strl (format
+               "%s"
+               (sawfish-eval-expression '(window-name (input-focus)))))
+        (strr (format
+               "jabber: %s ryu: %d gm: %d aet: %d 9n: %d rss: %d\n"
+               (oni:current-jabber-status)
+               (get-mail-count "ryuslash.org")
+               (get-mail-count "gmail")
+               (get-mail-count "aethon")
+               (get-mail-count "ninthfloor")
+               (newsticker--stat-num-items-total 'new))))
+    (process-send-string
+     proc (format "^p(_LEFT)%s^p(_RIGHT)^p(-%d)%s"
+                  strl (+ 9 (* 9 (length strr))) strr))))
+
+(defun dzen-stop ()
+  (interactive)
+  (kill-process "dzen2"))
+
+(provide 'dzen)
+;;; dzen.el ends here