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diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man index 665dca6..38c834a 100644 --- a/man/i3status.man +++ b/man/i3status.man @@ -669,25 +669,12 @@ is set to +xmobar+. i3status | xmobar -o -t "%StdinReader%" -c "[Run StdinReader]" --------------------------------------------------------------------- -== What about memory usage or CPU frequency? +== What about CPU frequency? -While talking about two specific things, please understand this section as a +While talking about specific things, please understand this section as a general explanation why your favorite information is not included in i3status. -Let’s talk about memory usage specifically. It is hard to measure memory in a -way which is accurate or meaningful. An in-depth understanding of how paging -and virtual memory work in your operating system is required. Furthermore, even -if we had a well-defined way of displaying memory usage and you would -understand it, I think that it’s not helpful to repeatedly monitor your memory -usage. One reason for that is that I have not run out of memory in the last few -years. Memory has become so cheap that even in my 4 year old notebook, I have -8 GiB of RAM. Another reason is that your operating system will do the right -thing anyway: Either you have not enough RAM for your workload, but you need to -do it anyway, then your operating system will swap. Or you don’t have enough -RAM and you want to restrict your workload so that it fits, then the operating -system will kill the process using too much RAM and you can act accordingly. - -For CPU frequency, the situation is similar. Many people don’t understand how +Let’s talk about CPU frequency specifically. Many people don’t understand how frequency scaling works precisely. The generally recommended CPU frequency governor ("ondemand") changes the CPU frequency far more often than i3status could display it. The display number is therefore often incorrect and doesn’t @@ -699,10 +686,9 @@ a WiFi network or not, and if you have enough disk space to fit that 4.3 GiB download. However, if you need to look at some kind of information more than once in a -while (like checking repeatedly how full your RAM is), you are probably better -off with a script doing that, which pops up an alert when your RAM usage reaches -a certain threshold. After all, the point of computers is not to burden you -with additional boring tasks like repeatedly checking a number. +while, you are probably better off with a script doing that, which pops up. +After all, the point of computers is not to burden you with additional boring +tasks like repeatedly checking a number. == External scripts/programs with i3status |