interesting elisp. but the only thing that gets appended to modeline is

[eth0 rx:0 B/s tx:0 B/s]

there is no change whatsoever even though i am online (otherwise you wouldnt
receive this email).


On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Vicente Hernando Ara <bizenton@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi to all the emacs community!
>
> I have written an elisp file(attached to this mail) that shows network
> speed in emacs mode line.
>
> Just to make it work:
>
> M-x load-file RET /path/to/network-speed.el
> M-x network-speed-start
>
> and to stop it showing in the mode line
> M-x network-speed-stop
>
> There are several customizable variables. e.g in my .emacs file :
> (custom-set-variables
> ....
>  '(network-speed-update-interval 2)   ; Shows network speed every 2
> seconds.
>  '(network-speed-interface-list (list "ppp0" "eth0")))  ; Network
> interfaces to be shown in mode line.
>  '(network-speed-precision 1) ; Number of digits to be shown after decimal
> point.
>  '(network-speed-format-string " [%NI %AX %AB] ") ;  or i.e: "[%NI rx:%RX
> tx:%TX]"
>  '(network-speed-interface-list (list "ppp0" "eth0"))  ; Network interfaces
> to be shown in mode line.
>
> network-speed-format-string can be customized to show:
> %NI : network interface name
> %RB: received bytes
> %TB: transmitted bytes
> %AB: all received + transmitted bytes.
> %RX: received byte speed.
> %TX: transmitted byte speed.
> %AX: total byte speed.
> %%%: escape secuence for % character.
>
> I hope you test it and enjoy!
> Any constructive criticism is welcomed.
> I also would be glad about signing FSF papers for this file if it is
> considered worthy.
>
> Kind regards,
> Vicente.
>