From 1815ea410db7439b7d0c574cb49bd017776da0fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:57:42 +0200 Subject: Add manpage in asciidoc format --- man/i3status.man | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 209 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/i3status.man (limited to 'man/i3status.man') diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d73c6cc --- /dev/null +++ b/man/i3status.man @@ -0,0 +1,209 @@ +i3status(1) +=========== +Michael Stapelberg +v2, October 2009 + +== NAME + +i3status - Generates a status line for dzen2 or xmobar + +== SYNOPSIS + +i3status [-c configfile] + +== OPTIONS + +-c:: +Specifies an alternate configuration file path (default is /etc/i3status.conf +or ~/.i3status.conf). + +== DESCRIPTION + +i3status is a small program (less than 1000 SLOC) for generating a status bar +for dzen2, xmobar or similar programs. It is designed to be very efficient by +issuing a very small number of systemcalls, 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 + +Since version 2, the configuration file for i3status will be parsed using +libconfuse. This makes configuration easier in the programmer’s point of +view and more flexible for the user at the same time. + +The basic idea of i3status is that you can specify which "modules" should +be used (the order directive). You can then configure each module with its +own section. For every module, you can specify the output format. See below +for a complete reference. + +.Sample configuration +------------------------------------------------------------- +general { + colors = true + interval = 5 +} + +order = "ipv6" +order += "disk /" +order += "run_watch DHCP" +order += "run_watch VPN" +order += "wireless wlan0" +order += "ethernet eth0" +order += "battery 0" +order += "cpu_temperature 0" +order += "load" +order += "time" + +wireless wlan0 { + format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip" + format_down = "W: down" +} + +ethernet eth0 { + # if you use %speed, i3status requires root privileges + format = "E: %ip (%speed)" +} + +battery 0 { + format = "%status %remaining" +} + +run_watch DHCP { + pidfile = "/var/run/dhclient*.pid" +} + +run_watch VPN { + pidfile = "/var/run/vpnc/pid" +} + +time { + format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" +} + +load { + format = "%5min" +} + +cpu_temperature 0 { + format = "T: %degrees °C" +} + +disk "/" { + format = "%free" +} +------------------------------------------------------------- + +=== General + +The colors directive will disable all colors if you set it to +false+. ++interval+ is the time in seconds which i3status will sleep until printing +the next status line. + +=== IPv6 + +This module gets the IPv6 address used for outgoing connections (that is, the +best available public IPv6 address on your computer). + +*Example format*: +%ip+ + +=== Disk + +Gets used, free and total amount of bytes on the given mounted filesystem. + +*Example order*: +disk /mnt/usbstick+ + +*Example format*: +%free / %total+ + +=== Run-watch + +Expands the given path to a pidfile and checks if the process ID found inside +is valid (that is, if the process is running). You can use this to check if +a specific application, such as a VPN client or your DHCP client is running. + +*Example order*: +run_watch DHCP+ + +=== Wireless + +Gets the link quality and ESSID of the given wireless network interface. You +can specify different format strings for the network being connected or not +connected. + +*Example order*: +wireless wlan0+ + +*Example format*: +W: (%quality at %essid) %ip+ + +=== Ethernet + +Gets the IP address and (if possible) the link speed of the given ethernet +interface. Getting the link speed requires root privileges. + +*Example order*: +ethernet eth0+ + +*Example format*: +E: %ip (%speed)+ + +=== Battery + +Gets the status (charging, discharging, running), percentage and remaining +time of the given battery. + +*Example order*: +battery 0+ + +*Example format*: +%status %remaining+ + +=== CPU-Temperature + +Gets the temperature of the given thermal zone. + +*Example order*: +cpu_temperature 0+ + +*Example format*: +T: %degrees °C+ + +=== Load + +Gets the system load (number of processes waiting for CPU time in the last +5, 10 and 15 minutes). + +*Example order*: +load+ + +*Example format*: +%5min %10min %15min+ + +=== Time + +Formats the current system time. See +strftime(3)+ for the format. + +*Example order*: +time+ + +*Example format*: +%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S+ + +== Using i3status with dzen2 + +After installing dzen2, you can directly use it with i3status: + +*Example for usage of i3status with dzen2*: +-------------------------------------------------------------- +i3status | dzen2 -fg white -ta r -w 1280 \ +-fn "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso8859-1" +-------------------------------------------------------------- + +== Using i3status with xmobar + +To get xmobar to start, you might need to copy the default configuration +file to +~/.xmobarrc+. + +*Example for usage of i3status with xmobar*: +--------------------------------------------------------------------- +i3status-xmobar | xmobar -o -t "%StdinReader%" -c "[Run StdinReader]" +--------------------------------------------------------------------- + +== SEE ALSO + ++strftime(3)+, +date(1)+, +glob(3)+, +dzen2(1)+, +xmobar(1)+ + +== AUTHORS + +Michael Stapelberg and contributors + +Thorsten Toepper + +Baptiste Daroussin -- cgit v1.2.3