From 8bb4da180101061a721ed852b9a2ba5c4701b03a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrea Rossato Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:13:39 +0200 Subject: reference to i3status in the README Ignore-this: 77464d96a83855eba1772c6b099314be5c84f3b0 darcs-hash:20091014091339-d6583-6b4792927b7b1d85ae3142032b5dd977e699e8fa.gz --- README | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index f63d3d4..a52348e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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/ -- cgit v1.2.3