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@@ -129,12 +129,20 @@ cheap. ## Development -Run it in the foreground to see Lua output, which is the only debugging channel: +After editing `dashboard.lua` or a widget: - conky -c ~/.config/conky/conky.conf + ./restart.sh -Conky has no hot-reload, so kill any running instance first (`pkill -x conky`) -rather than ending up with two. +Conky never rereads its config and the Lua is symlinked into `~/.config/conky/`, +so a restart is the whole update path. The script syntax-checks first and +refuses to restart on a Lua error, since the alternative is a blank screen with +no message. Only a change to `conky.conf.in` or the palette needs UDT's +`install.sh` to re-render first. + +To see Lua output, which is the only debugging channel, run it in the +foreground instead: + + pkill -x conky; conky -c ~/.config/conky/conky.conf Run the parser and layout checks: |