file_notifier.rb

file_notifier.rb

# Writes number of "unread" tweets to a file
# so that it can be used in tmux' status bar, like so:
#
#  tail -1 ~/.earthquake_count
#
# You can reset the counter with :reset_count command
class NotiFile
  def initialize file_path
    log "new NotiFile"
    @file = File.expand_path file_path
    @count = -1 # XXX
    update_count
  end

  def update_count
    log 'updating ocunt'
    @count += 1
    save_count
  end

  def reset
    log 'reseting'
    @count = 0
    save_count
  end

  def log(str)
    File.open(File.expand_path("~/.earthquake/fn.log"), "w") do |f|
      f.write "#{str}\n"
    end
  end

  private
  def save_count
    log 'saving file with ' + @count.to_s
    File.open(@file, 'a') { |f| f.write "#{@count}\n"}
  end
end

__notififle = NotiFile.new "~/.earthquake_count"

Earthquake.init do
  output do |item|
    if item["source"] && item['source']['screen_name'] && item["source"]["screen_name"] != twitter.info["screen_name"]
      __notififle.log 'yo'
      __notififle.update_count
    end
  end

  command :reset_count do
    __notififle.reset
  end
end