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@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ XMobar - a status bar for the XMonad Window Manager ABOUT ------ +===== -Xmobar is a minimal status bar for the XMonad Window Manager. +Xmobar is a minimalisti, text based, status bar, designed for the +XMonad Window Manager. It was inspired by the Ion3 status bar, and supports similar features. See xmobar.config-sample for a sample configuration. @@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ Try it with: xmobar xmobar.config-sample INSTALLATION ------------- +============ -tar xvfz xmobar-0.1 +tar xvfz xmobar-0.5 runhaskell Setup.lhs configure --prefix=/usr/local runhaskell Setup.lhs build runhaskell Setup.lhs haddock (optional for building the code documentation) @@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ Run with: xmobar /path/to/config $ CONFIGURATION -------------- +============= + +Quick Start +----------- See xmobar.config-sample for an example. @@ -51,18 +55,134 @@ sepChar: The character to be used for indicating commands in the output template (default '%') template: The output template +The Output Template +------------------- + +The output template must contain at least one command. XMobar will +parse the template and will search for the commands to be executed in +the "commands" configuration option. First an "alias" will be search +(internal commands such as Weather or Network have default aliasing, +see below). After that the command name will be tried. If a command is +found, its arguments will be used. If no command is found in the +commands list, then XMobar will try to execute the program with the +name found in the template. If the execution is not successful an +error will be reported. + +The "commands" Configuration Option +----------------------------------- + +The "commands" configuration option is a list of commands for storing +information to be used by XMobar wen parsing the template. Each member +of the list consists in a tuple formed by a command with arguments and +a number, the refresh rate in tenth of second. + +Available commands are: Weather, Network, memory, Swap, Cpu, Battery, +and Exec. This last one is used to execute external programs. + +Es: (Memory ["-t","Mem: <usedratio>%"], 10) + +Internal Commands and Aliases +----------------------------- + +Each command in the "commands" configuration option has an alias to be +used in the template. + +Internal commands have default aliases: +Weather StationID Args +- aliases to the Station ID: so Weather "LIPB" [] can be used in template as %LIBP% +- Args: the argument list (see below) +- Variables that can be used with the "-t"/"--template" argument: + "station", "stationState", "year", "month", "day", "hour", + "wind", "visibility", "skyCondition", "tempC", "tempF", + "dewPoint", "rh", "pressure" +- Default template: "<station>: <tempC>C, rh <rh>% (<hour>)" + +Network Interface ARGS +- aliases to the interface name: so Network "eth0" [] can be used as %eth0% +- Args: the argument list (see below) +- Variables that can be used with the "-t"/"--template" argument: + "dev", "rx", "tx" +- Default template: "<dev>: <rx>|<tx>" + +Memory Args +- aliases to "memory" +- Args: the argument list (see below) +- Variables that can be used with the "-t"/"--template" argument: + "total", "free", "buffer", "cache", "rest", "used", "usedratio" +- Default template: "Mem: <usedratio>% (<cache>M)" + +Swap Args +- aliases to "swap" +- Args: the argument list (see below) +- Variables that can be used with the "-t"/"--template" argument: + "total", "used", "free", "usedratio" +- Default template: "Swap: <usedratio>%" + +Cpu Args +- aliases to "cpu" +- Args: the argument list (see below) +- Variables that can be used with the "-t"/"--template" argument: + "total", "user", "nice", "system", "idle" +- Default template: "Cpu: <total>" + +Battery Args +- aliases to "battery" +- Args: the argument list (see below) +- Variables that can be used with the "-t"/"--template" argument: + "left" +- Default template: "Batt: <left>" + +Internal Commands Arguments +--------------------------- + +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 + --high=color number Color for the high threshold: es "#FF0000" + --normal=color number Color for the normal threshold: es "#00FF00" + --low=color number Color for the low threshold: es "#0000FF" +-t output template --template=output template Output template + +Commands must be set as a list. Es: +(Weather "EGPF" ["-t","<station>: <tempC>C"], 36000) + +Executing External Commands +--------------------------- + +In order to execute an external command you can either write the +command name in the template, in this case it will be executed without +arguments, or you can configure it in the "commands" configuration +option with the Exec command: + +Exec ProgarmName Args Alias +- ProgramName: the name of the program +- Args: the arguments to be passed to the program at execution time +- Alias: a name to be used in the template. If the alias is en empty + string the program name can be used in the template. +Es: +(Exec "uname" ["-s","-r"] "", 36000) +can be used in the output template as %uname% +(Exec "date" ["+\"%a %b %_d %H:%M\""] "mydate", 600) +can be used in the output template as %mydate% AUTHOR ------- +====== Andrea Rossato <andrea.rossato@unibz.it> +CREDITS +======= + +XMobar incorporates patches from: +Krzysztof Kosciuszkiewicz LINKS ------ +===== The XMobar home page: -http://gorgias.mine.nu/xmobar/ +http://gorgias.mine.nu/repos/xmobar/ XMobars darcs repository: http://gorgias.mine.nu/repos/xmobar/ |