Talk:UDTool/List

The article as it is currently implies that the autoupdating lists (as described there) actually work with UDtool. As far as I know, that only works with UDwidget. I'm going to have a go at changing the article to make that clear, and I'll add a link to my explanation of how to have an autoupdating tool with UDtool on Linux. Since UDwidget doesn't work on Linux, Linux users are actually stuck with the obsolete UDtool. If someone wants to claim that the autoupdating list format described in the article actually works with UDtool, I'd like to see your list and know what version of UDtool you're using. I don't know whether autoupdating works with UDtoolbar, but since that feature was removed from UDtoolbar, it's kinda moot. --dgw 03:31, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

As the guy who's somehow ended up maintaining UDTool, I can confirm that it does indeed work. However, it doesn't like linking directly to a list file (i.e. doing :url(http://rg.urbandead.net/udtool)) because it assumes that entries without start parameters will are the default notation of "[udtool_list]" and then looks for that. I'm currently putting together a workaround that will allow empty "start" parameters.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 18:42, 18 June 2011 (BST)