Parallelize non-local processes

bar-functions/dwm_networkmanager.sh

@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@ dwm_networkmanager () {
     PRIVATE=$(nmcli -a | grep 'inet4 192' | awk '{print $2}')
     PUBLIC=$(curl -s https://ipinfo.io/ip)
 
-    printf "%s" "$SEP1"
     if [ "$IDENTIFIER" = "unicode" ]; then
-        printf "🌐 %s %s | %s" "$CONNAME" "$PRIVATE" "$PUBLIC"
+        export __DWM_BAR_NETWORKMANAGER__="${SEP1}🌐 ${CONNAME} ${PRIVATE} ${PUBLIC}${SEP2}"
     else
-        printf "NET %s %s | %s" "$CONNAME" "$PRIVATE" "$PUBLIC"
+        export __DWM_BAR_NETWORKMANAGER__="${SEP1}NET ${CONNAME} ${PRIVATE} ${PUBLIC}${SEP2}"
     fi
-    printf "%s\n" "$SEP2"
 }
 
 dwm_networkmanager

bar-functions/dwm_weather.sh

@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 
 # Change the value of LOCATION to match your city
 dwm_weather() {
-    LOCATION=city
+    LOCATION=London
 
-    printf "%s" "$SEP1"
     if [ "$IDENTIFIER" = "unicode" ]; then
-        printf "%s" "$(curl -s wttr.in/$LOCATION?format=1)"
+        DATA=$(curl -s wttr.in/$LOCATION?format=1)
+        export __DWM_BAR_WEATHER__="${SEP1} ${DATA} ${SEP2}" 
     else
-        printf "WEA %s" "$(curl -s wttr.in/$LOCATION?format=1 | grep -o ".[0-9].*")"
+        DATA=$(curl -s wttr.in/$LOCATION?format=1 | grep -o ".[0-9].*")
+        export __DWM_BAR_WEATHER__="${SEP1} WEA ${DATA} ${SEP2}"
     fi
-    printf "%s\n" "$SEP2"
 }
 
 dwm_weather

dwm_bar.sh

@@ -44,10 +44,20 @@ export SEP2="]"
 . "$DIR/bar-functions/dwm_loadavg.sh"
 . "$DIR/bar-functions/dwm_currency.sh"
 
+parallelize() {
+    while true
+    do
+        printf "Running parallel processes\n"
+        dwm_weather &
+        dwm_networkmanager &
+        sleep 5
+    done
+}
+parallelize &
+
 # Update dwm status bar every second
 while true
 do
-
     # Append results of each func one by one to a string
     dispstr=""
     dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_connman)"
@@ -63,9 +73,9 @@ do
     dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_backlight)"
     dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_alsa)"
     dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_pulse)"
-    dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_weather)"
+    dispstr="$dispstr${__DWM_BAR_WEATHER__}"
     dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_vpn)"
-    dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_networkmanager)"
+    dispstr="$dispstr${__DWM_BAR_NETWORKMANAGER__}"
     dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_keyboard)"
     dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_ccurse)"
     dispstr="$dispstr$(dwm_date)"
@@ -74,5 +84,4 @@ do
 
     xsetroot -name "$dispstr"
     sleep 1
-
 done