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@@ -606,26 +606,100 @@ Monitors have default aliases. These are the arguments that can be used for internal commands in the `commands` configuration option: - -H number --High=number The high threshold - -L number --Low=number The low threshold - -h color number --high=color number Color for the high threshold: es "#FF0000" - -n color number --normal=color number Color for the normal threshold: es "#00FF00" - -l color number --low=color number Color for the low threshold: es "#0000FF" - -S True/False --suffix=True/False Display optional suffixes, such as % (default: False) - -p number --ppad=number Pad percentages to given width - -m number --minwidth=number Minimum field width - -M number --maxwidth=number Maximum field width - -w number --width=number Fixed field width - -c chars --padchars=chars Chars used (cyclically) for padding - -a ["r" or "l"] --align=["r" or "l"] Pad alignment (right/left) - -b chars --bback=chars Chars used to draw bar backgrounds (default ":") - -f chars --bfore=chars Chars used to draw bar foregrounds (default "#") - -W number --bwidth=number Bar width (default 10) - -t output template --template=output template Output template of the command. +- `-t` _string_ Output template + - Template for the monitor output. Field names must be enclosed + between pointy brackets (`<foo>`) and will be substituted by the + computed values. You can also specify a foreground color for a + region bracketing it between `<fc=color>` and `</fc>`. The rest + of the template is output verbatim. + - Long option: `--template` + - Default value: per monitor (see above). +- `-H` _number_ The high threshold. + - Numerical values higher than _number_ will be displayed with the + color specified by `-h` (see below). + - Long option: `--High` + - Default value: 66 +- `-L` _number_ The low threshold. + - Numerical values higher than _number_ and lower than the high + threshold will be displayed with the color specified by `-m` + (see below). Values lower than _number_ will use the `-l` color. + - Long option: `--Low` - Default value: 80 + - Default value: 33 +- `-h` _color_ High threshold color. + - Color for displaying values above the high threshold. _color_ can + be either a name (e.g. "blue") or an hexadecimal RGB (e.g. + "#FF0000"). + - Long option: `--high` + - Default: none (use the default foreground). +- `-n` _color_ Color for 'normal' values + - Color used for values greater than the low threshold but lower + than the high one. + - Long option: `--normal` + - Default: none (use the default foreground). +- `-l` _color_ The low threshold color + - Color for displaying values below the low threshold. + - Long option: `--low` + - Default: none (use the default foreground). +- `-S` _boolean_ Display optional suffixes + - When set to a true designator ("True", "Yes" or "On"), optional + value suffixes such as the '%' symbol or optional units will be + displayed. + - Long option: `--suffix` + - Default: False. +- `-p` _number_ Percentages padding + - Width, in number of digits, for quantities representing + percentages. For instance `-p 3` means that all percentages + in the monitor will be represented using 3 digits. + - Long option: `--ppad` + - Default value: 0 (don't pad) +- `-m` _number_ Minimum field width + - Minimum width, in number of characters, of the fields in the + monitor template. Values whose printed representation is shorter + than this value will be padded using the padding characters + given by the `-c` option with the alignment specified by `-a` + (see below). + - Long option: `--minwidth` + - Default: 0 +- `-M` _number_ Maximum field width + - Maximum width, in number of characters, of the fields in the + monitor template. Values whose printed representation is longer + than this value will be truncated. + - Long option: `--maxwidth` + - Default: 0 (no maximum width) +- `-w` _number_ Fixed field width + - All fields will be set to this width, padding or truncating as + needed. + - Long option: `--width` + - Default: 0 (variable width) +- `-c` _string_ + - Characters used for padding. The characters of _string_ are used + cyclically. E.g., with `-P +- -w 6`, a field with value "foo" + will be represented as "+-+foo". + - Long option: `--padchars` + - Default value: " " +- `-a` r|l Field alignment + - Whether to use right (r) or left (l) alignment of field values + when padding. + - Long option: `--align` + - Default value: r (padding to the left) +- `-b` _string_ Bar background + - Characters used, cyclically, to draw the background of bars. + For instance, if you set this option to "\/", an empty bar will + look like this: "\/\/\/\/\/". + - Long option: `--bback` + - Default value: ":" +- `-f` _string_ Bar foreground + - Characters used, cyclically, to draw the foreground of bars. + - Long option: `--bfore` + - Default value: "#" +- `-W` _number_ Bar width + - Total number of characters used to draw bars. + - Long option: `--bwidth` + - Default value: 10 Commands' arguments must be set as a list. E.g.: - Run Weather "EGPF" ["-t","<station>: <tempC>C"] 36000 + Run Weather "EGPF" ["-t", "<station>: <tempC>C"] 36000 In this case xmobar will run the weather monitor, getting information for the weather station ID EGPF (Glasgow Airport, as a homage to GHC) @@ -673,6 +747,7 @@ can be used in the output template as `%mydate%` - Format is a time format string, as accepted by the standard ISO C `strftime` function (or Haskell's `formatCalendarTime`). +- Sample usage: `Run Date "%a %b %_d %Y <fc=#ee9a00>%H:%M:%S</fc>" "date" 10` `CommandReader "/path/to/program" Alias` @@ -694,9 +769,9 @@ can be used in the output template as `%mydate%` xmonad $ defaultConfig { logHook = dynamicLogString defaultPP >>= xmonadPropLog } - This plugin can be used as a somewhat lighter (resource-wise) - alternative to `StdinReader`. It also allows you to (re)start - xmobar outside xmonad. + This plugin can be used as a sometimes more convenient alternative + to `StdinReader`. For it instance, allows you to (re)start xmobar + outside xmonad. [here]: http://xmonad.org/xmonad-docs/xmonad-contrib/XMonad-Hooks-DynamicLog.html |