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diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man index 943653e..01fa9ce 100644 --- a/man/i3status.man +++ b/man/i3status.man @@ -24,13 +24,12 @@ configuration files in the following order: == DESCRIPTION -i3status is a small program (about 1500 SLOC) for generating a status bar for -i3bar, dzen2, xmobar, lemonbar or similar programs. It is designed to be very -efficient by issuing a very small number of system calls, as one generally -wants to update such a status line every second. This ensures that even under -high load, your status bar is updated correctly. Also, it saves a bit of energy -by not hogging your CPU as much as spawning the corresponding amount of shell -commands would. +i3status is a small program for generating a status bar for i3bar, dzen2, +xmobar, lemonbar or similar programs. It is designed to be very efficient by +issuing a very small number of system calls, as one generally wants to update +such a status line every second. This ensures that even under high load, your +status bar is updated correctly. Also, it saves a bit of energy by not hogging +your CPU as much as spawning the corresponding amount of shell commands would. == CONFIGURATION @@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ no effect when +output_format+ is set to +i3bar+ or +none+. The +interval+ directive specifies the time in seconds for which i3status will sleep before printing the next status line. -Using +output_format+ you can chose which format strings i3status should +Using +output_format+ you can choose which format strings i3status should use in its output. Currently available are: i3bar:: @@ -178,14 +177,14 @@ section just for this module. If you don't fancy the vertical separators between modules i3status/i3bar uses by default, you can employ the +separator+ directive to configure how -modules are separated. You can either disable the default separator altogether +modules are separated. You can also disable the default separator altogether by setting it to the empty string. You might then define separation as part of a module's format string. This is your only option when using the i3bar output format as the separator is drawn by i3bar directly otherwise. For the other output formats, the provided non-empty string will be automatically enclosed with the necessary coloring bits if color support is enabled. -i3bar supports Pango markup, allowing your format strings to specify font +i3bar supports Pango markup, allowing your format strings to specify font, color, size, etc. by setting the +markup+ directive to "pango". Note that the ampersand ("&"), less-than ("<"), greater-than (">"), single-quote ("'"), and double-quote (""") characters need to be replaced with "`&`", "`<`", @@ -307,8 +306,9 @@ network interface found on the system (excluding devices starting with "lo"). === Ethernet Gets the IP address and (if possible) the link speed of the given ethernet -interface. Getting the link speed requires the cap_net_admin capability. Set -it using +setcap cap_net_admin=ep $(which i3status)+. +interface. If no IPv4 address is available and an IPv6 address is, it will be +displayed. Getting the link speed requires the cap_net_admin capability. +Set it using +setcap cap_net_admin=ep $(which i3status)+. The special interface name `_first_` will be replaced by the first non-wireless network interface found on the system (excluding devices starting with "lo"). |