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| author | Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de> | 2011-08-25 22:52:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de> | 2011-08-25 22:52:50 +0200 |
| commit | dbe8c661f33e9450c6b061abef6a6f2047344a9c (patch) | |
| tree | 56819eef777c174c99df35003147d8ba16d1e5ba | |
| parent | efaacee72692a53b291c7488a7ee6493ec4d03ef (diff) | |
manpage: add example for using external scripts/programs with i3status
| -rw-r--r-- | man/i3status.man | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man index 0c81f16..0c86ac3 100644 --- a/man/i3status.man +++ b/man/i3status.man @@ -281,6 +281,21 @@ is set to +xmobar+. i3status | xmobar -o -t "%StdinReader%" -c "[Run StdinReader]" --------------------------------------------------------------------- +== External scripts/programs with i3status + +In i3status, we don’t want to implement process management again. Therefore, +there is no module to run arbitrary scripts or commands. Instead, you should +use your shell, for example like this: + +*Example for prepending the i3status output*: +-------------------------------------------------------------- +i3status | while [ 1 ] +do + read line + echo "mystuff | $line" +done | i3bar -d +-------------------------------------------------------------- + == SEE ALSO +strftime(3)+, +date(1)+, +glob(3)+, +dzen2(1)+, +xmobar(1)+ |