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A single script, re-executed in a loop at some intervals, serially grabbing all
the needed data and outputting a status bar string, then passed to `xsetroot -name`,
while saving state in files (e.g. previous totals, to be converted to deltas).

This actually worked surprisingly-OK, but had limitations:

- I use an SSD and want to minimize disk writes
- not flexible-enough to support my main goal - easy experimentation with
  various ad-hoc monitors:
    - I want to set different update intervals for different data sources
    - I don't want long-running data collectors to block the main loop
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51100f8e SK	1	A single script, re-executed in a loop at some intervals, serially grabbing all
	2	the needed data and outputting a status bar string, then passed to `xsetroot -name`,
	3	while saving state in files (e.g. previous totals, to be converted to deltas).
	4
	5	This actually worked surprisingly-OK, but had limitations:
	6
	7	- I use an SSD and want to minimize disk writes
	8	- not flexible-enough to support my main goal - easy experimentation with
	9	various ad-hoc monitors:
	10	- I want to set different update intervals for different data sources
	11	- I don't want long-running data collectors to block the main loop