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@@ -168,6 +168,27 @@ 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
+
+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]"
+
### Command Line Options
[xmobar] can be either configured with a configuration file or with
@@ -578,3 +599,4 @@ Copyright © 2007 Andrea Rossato
[xmonad]: http://xmonad.org
[utf8-string]: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/utf8-string
[X11-xft]: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/X11-xft
+[i3status]: http://i3.zekjur.net/i3status/