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@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ % xmobar - A Minimalistic Text Based Status Bar -% Andrea Rossato, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz About ===== @@ -15,16 +14,24 @@ extensibility through plugins. This page documents xmobar 0.14 (see [release notes]). [This is a screen shot] of Andrea's desktop with [xmonad] and xmobar. -[This] is xmobar running under [sawfish], with antialiased fonts. And -[this one] is my desktop with [xmonad] and two instances of xmobar. +[This screenshot] shows xmobar running under [sawfish], with +antialiased fonts. And [this one] is my desktop with [xmonad] and two +instances of xmobar. [release notes]: http://projects.haskell.org/xmobar/releases.html [xmonad]: http://xmonad.org [Ion3]: http://tuomov.iki.fi/software/ -[This is a screen shot]: http://haskell.org/sitewiki/images/a/ae/Arossato-config.png -[This]: http://projects.haskell.org/xmobar/xmobar-sawfish.png +[This screenshot]: http://projects.haskell.org/xmobar/xmobar-sawfish.png [this one]: http://projects.haskell.org/xmobar/xmobar-xmonad.png +Bug Reports +=========== + +To submit bug reports you can use the [bug tracker over at Google +code] or send mail to our [Mailing list]. + +[bug tracker over at Google code]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues + Installation ============ @@ -237,26 +244,13 @@ Other configuration options: `template` : The output template. -## Running xmobar with i3status - -xmobar can be used to display information gathered by [i3status], a -small program that gathers information and formats it suitable for -being displayed by the dzen2 status bar, wmii's status bar or xmobar's -StdinReader. - -Since xmobar support has been added only recently you need to get the -git repository, and build it with the appropriate flags: - - git clone git://code.stapelberg.de/i3status +### Running xmobar with i3status -and then build it: - - cd i3status - make EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DXMOBAR - -Then you can run it with: - - ./i3status -c i3status.conf | xmobar -o -t "%StdinReader%" -c "[Run StdinReader]" +xmobar can be used to display information generated by [i3status], a +small program that gathers system information and outputs it in +formats suitable for being displayed by the dzen2 status bar, wmii's +status bar or xmobar's `StdinReader`. See [i3status manual] for +further details. ## Command Line Options @@ -1028,14 +1022,6 @@ To remove the system monitor plugin: 3. rebuild xmobar. -Bug Reports -=========== - -To submit bug reports you can use the [bug tracker over at Google -code] or send mail to our [Mailing list]. - -[bug tracker over at Google code]: http://code.google.com/p/xmobar/issues - Credits ======= @@ -1068,7 +1054,6 @@ Useful links - [Github page]. - [Mailing list]. - [xmobar's Ohloh page]. -- Andrea's original [xmobar] home page, and [xmobar darcs repository]. - To understand the internal mysteries of xmobar you may try reading [this tutorial] on X Window Programming in Haskell. @@ -1077,8 +1062,6 @@ Useful links in [sawfish]. [xmobar's Ohloh page]: https://www.ohloh.net/p/xmobar -[xmobar]: http://code.haskell.org/~arossato/xmobar/ -[xmobar darcs repository]: http://code.haskell.org/xmobar [this tutorial]: http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/X_window_programming_in_Haskell [sawflibs]: http://github.com/jaor/sawflibs @@ -1106,7 +1089,8 @@ Copyright © 2010-2011 Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz [Mailing list]: http://projects.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xmobar [MPD]: http://mpd.wikia.com/ [X11-xft]: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/X11-xft/ -[i3status]: http://i3.zekjur.net/i3status/ +[i3status]: http://i3wm.org/i3status/ +[i3status manual]: http://i3wm.org/i3status/manpage.html#_using_i3status_with_xmobar [iwlib]: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html [hinotify]: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hinotify/ [libmpd]: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/libmpd/ |