Fix regression that prevented pinned items to update while window is open

main.go

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ var (
 	status                  string
 	ignore                  string
 	desktopTrigger          bool
-	pinnedTrigger           bool
+	pinnedItemsChanged      chan interface{} = make(chan interface{}, 1)
 )
 
 func defaultStringIfBlank(s, fallback string) string {
@@ -494,9 +494,9 @@ func main() {
 	// Check if showing the window has been requested (SIGUSR1)
 	go func() {
 		for {
-			<-showWindowChannel
+			select {
-
+			case <-showWindowChannel:
-			log.Debug("SHOW WINDOW")
+				log.Debug("Showing window")
 				glib.TimeoutAdd(0, func() bool {
 					if win != nil && !win.IsVisible() {
 
@@ -510,14 +510,6 @@ func main() {
 							desktopTrigger = false
 						}
 
-					// pinned file changed
-					if pinnedTrigger {
-						log.Debug("pinned file changed")
-						pinnedTrigger = false
-						pinned, _ = loadTextFile(pinnedFile)
-						pinnedFlowBox = setUpPinnedFlowBox()
-					}
-
 						// Show window and focus the search box
 						win.ShowAll()
 						if fileSearchResultWrapper != nil {
@@ -535,6 +527,16 @@ func main() {
 
 					return false
 				})
+
+			case <-pinnedItemsChanged:
+				glib.TimeoutAdd(0, func() bool {
+					log.Debug("pinned file changed")
+					pinned, _ = loadTextFile(pinnedFile)
+					pinnedFlowBox = setUpPinnedFlowBox()
+
+					return false
+				})
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 

watcher.go

@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ func watchFiles() {
 						event.Op.String() == "RENAME") {
 					desktopTrigger = true
 				} else if event.Name == pinnedFile {
-					pinnedTrigger = true
+					// TODO: This can be used to propagate information about the changed file to the
+					//       GUI to avoid recreating everything
+					pinnedItemsChanged <- struct{}{}
 				}
 
 			case err := <-watcher.Errors: