dmd: Improve offlineimap service.

This change, coupled with not using the "autorefresh" mode, means that
OfflineIMAP doesn't eat all of my RAM anymore!

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dotfiles/dmd.d/init.scm b/dotfiles/dmd.d/init.scm
index ff91b05..420c7cf 100644
--- a/dotfiles/dmd.d/init.scm
+++ b/dotfiles/dmd.d/init.scm
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+(use-modules (ice-9 match))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (forever body ...)
+  (while #t body ...))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (with-fork body ...)
+  (match (primitive-fork)
+    (0 (begin body ...))
+    (pid pid)))
+
 (define (simple-service program)
   (make <service>
     #:provides (list (string->symbol program))
@@ -6,7 +16,18 @@
     #:stop (make-kill-destructor)))
 
 (register-services
- (simple-service "offlineimap")
+ (make <service>
+   #:provides '(offlineimap)
+   #:requires '()
+   #:start (lambda args
+             (with-fork
+              ;; OfflineIMAP's "autorefresh" mode consistently
+              ;; consumes all of the RAM on my machine, so let's just
+              ;; run it in a loop instead.
+              (forever
+               (system* "offlineimap")
+               (sleep 20))))
+   #:stop (make-kill-destructor))
  (simple-service "mpd")
  (simple-service "mpdscribble"))