4 files changed, 45 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/core/pim/today/changelog b/core/pim/today/changelog
index 692c0dc..7111154 100644
--- a/core/pim/today/changelog
+++ b/core/pim/today/changelog
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
+0.2.7
+
+* check if todolist.xml was changed before parsing it
+* check only every 30 sec for changes.
+* some visual stuff
+* as usual many little improvements .-)
+
 0.2.6
diff --git a/core/pim/today/opie-today.control b/core/pim/today/opie-today.control
index f16ddfb..4c0a1c0 100644
--- a/core/pim/today/opie-today.control
+++ b/core/pim/today/opie-today.control
@@ -5,3 +5,3 @@ Maintainer: Maximilian Reiß <max.reiss@gmx.de>
 Architecture: arm
-Version: 0.2.6
+Version: 0.2.7
 Depends: opie-base ($QPE_VERSION)
diff --git a/core/pim/today/today.cpp b/core/pim/today/today.cpp
index af1d4e4..d715fc1 100644
--- a/core/pim/today/today.cpp
+++ b/core/pim/today/today.cpp
@@ -40,2 +40,3 @@
 #include <qpixmap.h>
+#include <qfileinfo.h>
 
@@ -45,2 +46,3 @@
 
+
 int MAX_LINES_TASK;
@@ -91,5 +93,32 @@ void Today::draw() {
   // how often refresh
-  QTimer::singleShot( 5*1000, this, SLOT(draw()) );
+  QTimer::singleShot( 30*1000, this, SLOT(draw()) );
+}
+
+
+/* 
+ * Check if the todolist.xml was modified (if there are new entries.
+ * Returns true if it was modified.
+ */
+bool Today::checkIfModified() {
+  
+  QDir dir;
+  QString homedir = dir.homeDirPath (); 
+  QString time;
+    
+  Config cfg("today");
+  cfg.setGroup("Files");
+  time = cfg.readEntry("todolisttimestamp", "");
+
+  QFileInfo file = (homedir +"/Applications/todolist/todolist.xml");
+  QDateTime fileTime  = file.lastModified();
+  if (time.compare(fileTime.toString()) == 0) {
+    return false;
+  } else {
+    cfg.writeEntry("todolisttimestamp", fileTime.toString() );
+    cfg.write(); 
+    return true;
+  }
 }
 
+
 void Today::init() {
@@ -342,2 +371,8 @@ void Today::getMail() {
 void Today::getTodo() {
+  
+  // if the todolist.xml file was not modified in between, do not parse it.
+  if (!checkIfModified()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   QString output;
diff --git a/core/pim/today/today.h b/core/pim/today/today.h
index 07bfd61..b3b7d01 100644
--- a/core/pim/today/today.h
+++ b/core/pim/today/today.h
@@ -51,2 +51,3 @@ class Today : public TodayBase
     void autoStart();
+    bool checkIfModified();
     QList<TodoItem> loadTodo(const char *filename);