<h1>i3status(1)</h1>\r
<span id="author">Michael Stapelberg</span><br />\r
<span id="email"><tt><<a href="mailto:michael@i3wm.org">michael@i3wm.org</a>></tt></span><br />\r
-<span id="revnumber">version 2.10,</span>\r
-<span id="revdate">January 2016</span>\r
+<span id="revnumber">version 2.11,</span>\r
+<span id="revdate">January 2017</span>\r
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<li>\r
<p>\r
-~/.i3status.conf\r
+~/.config/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config if set)\r
</p>\r
</li>\r
<li>\r
<p>\r
-~/.config/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config if set)\r
+/etc/xdg/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config if set)\r
</p>\r
</li>\r
<li>\r
<p>\r
-/etc/i3status.conf\r
+~/.i3status.conf\r
</p>\r
</li>\r
<li>\r
<p>\r
-/etc/xdg/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config if set)\r
+/etc/i3status.conf\r
</p>\r
</li>\r
</ol></div>\r
battery 0 {\r
format = "%status %percentage %remaining %emptytime"\r
format_down = "No battery"\r
- status_chr = "⚇ CHR"\r
- status_bat = "⚡ BAT"\r
+ status_chr = "⚡ CHR"\r
+ status_bat = "🔋 BAT"\r
+ status_unk = "? UNK"\r
status_full = "☻ FULL"\r
path = "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT%d/uevent"\r
low_threshold = 10\r
"gbytes_avail", and prefix_type to "binary", and the remaining available disk\r
space is below 2 GiB, it will be colored bad. If not specified, threshold_type\r
is assumed to be "percentage_avail" and low_threshold to be set to 0, which\r
-implies no coloring at all.</p></div>\r
+implies no coloring at all. You can customize the output format when below\r
+low_threshold with format_below_threshold.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>You can define a different format with the option "format_not_mounted"\r
-which is used if the path does not exist or is not a mount point. So you can just empty\r
-the output for the given path with adding <tt>format_not_mounted=""</tt>\r
-to the config section.</p></div>\r
+which is used if the path does not exist or is not a mount point. Defaults to "".</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order</strong>: <tt>disk /mnt/usbstick</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format</strong>: <tt>%free (%avail)/ %total</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format</strong>: <tt>%percentage_used used, %percentage_free free, %percentage_avail avail</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example prefix_type</strong>: <tt>custom</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example low_threshold</strong>: <tt>5</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format_below_threshold</strong>: <tt>Warning: %percentage_avail</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example threshold_type</strong>: <tt>percentage_free</tt></p></div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect2">\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect2">\r
<h3 id="_battery">5.8. Battery</h3>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Gets the status (charging, discharging, running), percentage, remaining\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Gets the status (charging, discharging, unknown, full), percentage, remaining\r
time and power consumption (in Watts) of the given battery and when it’s\r
estimated to be empty. If you want to use the last full capacity instead of the\r
design capacity (when using the design capacity, it may happen that your\r
<tt>integer_battery_capacity = true</tt>.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>If your battery is represented in a non-standard path in /sys, be sure to\r
modify the "path" property accordingly, i.e. pointing to the uevent file on\r
-your system. The first occurence of %d gets replaced with the battery number,\r
+your system. The first occurrence of %d gets replaced with the battery number,\r
but you can just hard-code a path as well.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>It is possible to define a low_threshold that causes the battery text to be\r
colored red. The low_threshold type can be of threshold_type "time" or\r
"percentage". So, if you configure low_threshold to 10 and threshold_type to\r
"time", and your battery lasts another 9 minutes, it will be colored red.</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To show an aggregate of all batteries in the system, use "all" as the number. In\r
+this case (for Linux), the /sys path must contain the "%d" sequence. Otherwise,\r
+the number indicates the battery index as reported in /sys.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Optionally custom strings including any UTF-8 symbols can be used for different\r
battery states. This makes it possible to display individual symbols\r
-for each state (charging, discharging, full)\r
+for each state (charging, discharging, unknown, full)\r
Of course it will also work with special iconic fonts, such as FontAwesome.\r
-If any of this special status strings is omitted, the default (CHR, BAT, FULL)\r
-is used.</p></div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order</strong>: <tt>battery 0</tt></p></div>\r
+If any of these special status strings are omitted, the default (CHR, BAT, UNK,\r
+FULL) is used.</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order (for the first battery)</strong>: <tt>battery 0</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order (aggregate of all batteries)</strong>: <tt>battery all</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format</strong>: <tt>%status %remaining (%emptytime %consumption)</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format_down</strong>: <tt>No battery</tt></p></div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example status_chr</strong>: <tt>⚇ CHR</tt></p></div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example status_bat</strong>: <tt>⚡ BAT</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example status_chr</strong>: <tt>⚡ CHR</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example status_bat</strong>: <tt>🔋 BAT</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example status_unk</strong>: <tt>? UNK</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example status_full</strong>: <tt>☻ FULL</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example low_threshold</strong>: <tt>30</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example threshold_type</strong>: <tt>time</tt></p></div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example path</strong>: <tt>/sys/class/power_supply/CMB1/uevent</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example path (%d replaced by title number)</strong>: <tt>/sys/class/power_supply/CMB%d/uevent</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example path (ignoring the number)</strong>: <tt>/sys/class/power_supply/CMB1/uevent</tt></p></div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect2">\r
<h3 id="_cpu_temperature">5.9. CPU-Temperature</h3>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Gets the temperature of the given thermal zone. It is possible to\r
define a max_threshold that will color the temperature red in case the\r
-specified thermal zone is getting too hot. Defaults to 75 degrees C.</p></div>\r
+specified thermal zone is getting too hot. Defaults to 75 degrees C. The\r
+output format when above max_threshold can be customized with\r
+format_above_threshold.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order</strong>: <tt>cpu_temperature 0</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format</strong>: <tt>T: %degrees °C</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example max_threshold</strong>: <tt>42</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format_above_threshold</strong>: <tt>Warning T above threshold: %degrees °C</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example path</strong>: <tt>/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/temp1_input</tt></p></div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect2">\r
<h3 id="_cpu_usage">5.10. CPU Usage</h3>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Gets the percentual CPU usage from <tt>/proc/stat</tt> (Linux) or <tt>sysctl(3)</tt> (FreeBSD/OpenBSD).</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Gets the percentual CPU usage from <tt>/proc/stat</tt> (Linux) or <tt>sysctl(3)</tt>\r
+(FreeBSD/OpenBSD).</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>It is possible to define a max_threshold that will color the load\r
+value red in case the CPU average over the last interval is getting\r
+higher than the configured threshold. Defaults to 95. The output\r
+format when above max_threshold can be customized with\r
+format_above_threshold.</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>It is possible to define a degraded_threshold that will color the load\r
+value yellow in case the CPU average over the last interval is getting\r
+higher than the configured threshold. Defaults to 90. The output format\r
+when above degraded threshold can be customized with\r
+format_above_degraded_threshold.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order</strong>: <tt>cpu_usage</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format</strong>: <tt>%usage</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example max_threshold</strong>: <tt>75</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format_above_threshold</strong>: <tt>Warning above threshold: %usage</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example degraded_threshold</strong>: <tt>25</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format_above_degraded_threshold</strong>: <tt>Warning above degraded threshold: %usage</tt></p></div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect2">\r
<h3 id="_load">5.11. Load</h3>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Gets the system load (number of processes waiting for CPU time in the last\r
1, 5 and 15 minutes). It is possible to define a max_threshold that will\r
color the load value red in case the load average of the last minute is\r
-getting higher than the configured threshold. Defaults to 5.</p></div>\r
+getting higher than the configured threshold. Defaults to 5. The output\r
+format when above max_threshold can be customized with\r
+format_above_threshold.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order</strong>: <tt>load</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format</strong>: <tt>%1min %5min %15min</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example max_threshold</strong>: <tt>"0,1"</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format_above_threshold</strong>: <tt>Warning: %1min %5min %15min</tt></p></div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect2">\r
<h3 id="_time">5.12. Time</h3>\r
The system’s timezone database is usually installed in <tt>/usr/share/zoneinfo</tt>.\r
Files below that path make for valid timezone strings, e.g. for\r
<tt>/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin</tt> you can set timezone to <tt>Europe/Berlin</tt>\r
-in the <tt>tztime</tt> module.</p></div>\r
+in the <tt>tztime</tt> module.\r
+To override the locale settings of your environment, set the <tt>locale</tt> option.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order</strong>: <tt>tztime berlin</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format</strong>: <tt>%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example timezone</strong>: <tt>Europe/Berlin</tt></p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example locale</strong>: <tt>de_DE.UTF-8</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>If you would like to use markup in this section, there is a separate\r
<tt>format_time</tt> option that is automatically escaped. Its output then replaces\r
%time in the format string.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example configuration (markup)</strong>:</p></div>\r
<div class="listingblock">\r
<div class="content">\r
-<pre><tt>tztime time {\r
+<pre><tt>tztime berlin {\r
format = "<span foreground='#ffffff'>time:</span> %time"\r
format_time = "%H:%M %Z"\r
+ timezone = "Europe/Berlin"\r
}</tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="content">\r
<pre><tt>device = "pulse:N"</tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p>where N is the index of the PulseAudio sink. If no sink is specified the\r
-default is used. If the device string is missing or is set to "default",\r
-PulseAudio will be tried if detected and will fallback to ALSA (Linux)\r
-or OSS (FreeBSD/OpenBSD).</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>where N is the index or name of the PulseAudio sink. You can obtain the name of\r
+the sink with the following command:</p></div>\r
+<div class="literalblock">\r
+<div class="content">\r
+<pre><tt>$ pacmd list-sinks | grep name:\r
+ name: <alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo></tt></pre>\r
+</div></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The name is what’s inside the angle brackets, not including them. If no sink is\r
+specified the default sink is used. If the device string is missing or is set\r
+to "default", PulseAudio will be tried if detected and will fallback to ALSA\r
+(Linux) or OSS (FreeBSD/OpenBSD).</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example order</strong>: <tt>volume master</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format</strong>: <tt>♪: %volume</tt></p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example format_muted</strong>: <tt>♪: 0%%</tt></p></div>\r
device = "pulse:1"\r
}</tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
+<div class="listingblock">\r
+<div class="content">\r
+<pre><tt>volume master {\r
+ format = "♪: %volume"\r
+ format_muted = "♪: muted (%volume)"\r
+ device = "pulse:alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo"\r
+}</tt></pre>\r
+</div></div>\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
still be treated as a number.\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+separator\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ A boolean value which specifies whether a separator line should be drawn\r
+ after this block. The default is true, meaning the separator line will be\r
+ drawn. Note that if you disable the separator line, there will still be a\r
+ gap after the block, unless you also use separator_block_width.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
+<dt class="hdlist1">\r
+separator_block_width\r
+</dt>\r
+<dd>\r
+<p>\r
+ The amount of pixels to leave blank after the block. In the middle of this\r
+ gap, a separator symbol will be drawn unless separator is disabled. This is\r
+ why the specified width should leave enough space for the separator symbol.\r
+</p>\r
+</dd>\r
</dl></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Example configuration</strong>:</p></div>\r
<div class="listingblock">\r
format = "%avail"\r
align = "left"\r
min_width = 100\r
+ separator = false\r
+ separator_block_width = 1\r
}</tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Put that in some script, say <tt>.bin/my_i3status.sh</tt> and execute that instead of i3status.</p></div>\r
<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that if you want to use the JSON output format (with colors in i3bar), you\r
need to use a slightly more complex wrapper script. There are examples in the\r
-contrib/ folder, see <a href="http://code.i3wm.org/i3status/tree/contrib">http://code.i3wm.org/i3status/tree/contrib</a></p></div>\r
+contrib/ folder, see <a href="https://github.com/i3/i3status/tree/master/contrib">https://github.com/i3/i3status/tree/master/contrib</a></p></div>\r
</div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect1">\r