Keep Status Item Left

gistfile1.m

if (!statusItem) {	
    if ([defs boolForKey: @"keepAlwaysLeft"] && 
        [statusBar respondsToSelector:@selector(_statusItemWithLength:withPriority:)]) {
			NSLog(@"will keep always left!");
			statusItem = [statusBar _statusItemWithLength:0 withPriority:INT_MIN ];
			[statusItem setLength:0];
	} else	{
	    statusItem = [statusBar statusItemWithLength: NSVariableStatusItemLength];	
	}

	[statusItem setEnabled: YES];
	[statusItem setHighlightMode: YES];
	[statusItem setMenu: statusBarMenu];

	if ([defs boolForKey: @"keepAlwaysLeft"] && 
	    [statusBar respondsToSelector:@selector(_statusItemWithLength:withPriority:)]) {
		NSLog(@"still keeping left!");
		[ statusItem setLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength ];
	}
	[statusItem retain];
}

/*
notes:
1) setting the status item's length to 0 first, then changing its properties and then setting the lentght
to a propper length is neccessary. otherwise it won't work. (there will be ugly errors)

2) this is using an undocumented behavior. it might not work in future versions of os x. (though it still
works for 10.7)

3) if the user decides to deactivate the keep always left behavior I destroy the current status item
and create a new. there's no other way to disable this behavior - at least no way I know of.
*/
*/