i3status(1)
===========
-Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-v2.5, May 2012
+Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
+v2.8, January 2014
== NAME
-i3status - Generates a status line for dzen2 or xmobar
+i3status - Generates a status line for i3bar, dzen2 or xmobar
== SYNOPSIS
order += "ipv6"
order += "disk /"
order += "run_watch DHCP"
-order += "run_watch VPN"
+order += "run_watch VPNC"
+order += "path_exists VPN"
order += "wireless wlan0"
order += "ethernet eth0"
order += "battery 0"
order += "cpu_temperature 0"
order += "load"
-order += "time"
+order += "tztime local"
+order += "tztime berlin"
wireless wlan0 {
format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid, %bitrate) %ip"
battery 0 {
format = "%status %percentage %remaining %emptytime"
+ format_down = "No battery"
path = "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT%d/uevent"
+ low_threshold = 10
}
run_watch DHCP {
pidfile = "/var/run/dhclient*.pid"
}
-run_watch VPN {
+run_watch VPNC {
+ # file containing the PID of a vpnc process
pidfile = "/var/run/vpnc/pid"
}
-time {
- format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+path_exists VPN {
+ # path exists when a VPN tunnel launched by nmcli/nm-applet is active
+ path = "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tun0"
+}
+
+tztime local {
+ format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+}
+
+tztime berlin {
+ format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"
+ timezone = "Europe/Berlin"
}
load {
xmobar::
xmobar is a minimalistic, text based, status bar. It was designed to work
with the xmonad Window Manager.
+term::
+Use ANSI Escape sequences to produce a terminal-output as close as possible to
+the graphical outputs. This makes debugging your config file a little bit
+easier because the terminal-output of i3status becomes much more readable, but
+should only used for such quick glances, because it will only support very
+basic output-features (for example you only get 3 bits of color depth).
none::
Does not use any color codes. Separates values by the pipe symbol. This should
be used with i3bar and can be used for custom scripts.
+It's also possible to use the color_good, color_degraded, color_bad directives
+to define specific colors per module. If one of these directives is defined
+in a module section its value will override the value defined in the general
+section just for this module.
+
=== IPv6
This module gets the IPv6 address used for outgoing connections (that is, the
*Example format_up*: +%ip+
-*Example format_down* +no IPv6+
+*Example format_down*: +no IPv6+
=== Disk
Gets used, free, available and total amount of bytes on the given mounted filesystem.
+These values can also be expressed in percentages with the percentage_used,
+percentage_free, percentage_avail and percentage_used_of_avail formats.
+
+Byte sizes are presented in a human readable format using a set of prefixes
+whose type can be specified via the "prefix_type" option. Three sets of
+prefixes are available:
+
+binary::
+IEC prefixes (Ki, Mi, Gi, Ti) represent multiples of powers of 1024.
+This is the default.
+decimal::
+SI prefixes (k, M, G, T) represent multiples of powers of 1000.
+custom::
+The custom prefixes (K, M, G, T) represent multiples of powers of 1024.
+
*Example order*: +disk /mnt/usbstick+
*Example format*: +%free (%avail)/ %total+
+*Example format*: +%percentage_used used, %percentage_free free, %percentage_avail avail+
+
+*Example prefix_type*: +custom+
+
=== Run-watch
Expands the given path to a pidfile and checks if the process ID found inside
*Example format*: +%title: %status+
+=== Path-exists
+
+Checks if the given path exists in the filesystem. You can use this to check if
+something is active, like for example a VPN tunnel managed by NetworkManager.
+
+*Example order*: +path_exists VPN+
+
+*Example format*: +%title: %status+
+
=== Wireless
Gets the link quality and ESSID of the given wireless network interface. You
=== Battery
-Gets the status (charging, discharging, running), percentage and remaining
-time of the given battery and when it's estimated to be empty. If you want
-to use the last full capacity instead of the design capacity (when using
-the design capacity, it may happen that your battery is at 23% when fully
-charged because it’s old. In general, I want to see it this way, because
-it tells me how worn off my battery is.), just specify
+Gets the status (charging, discharging, running), percentage, remaining
+time and power consumption (in Watts) of the given battery and when it's
+estimated to be empty. If you want to use the last full capacity instead of the
+design capacity (when using the design capacity, it may happen that your
+battery is at 23% when fully charged because it’s old. In general, I want to
+see it this way, because it tells me how worn off my battery is.), just specify
+last_full_capacity = true+.
+If you want the battery percentage to be shown without decimals, add
++integer_battery_capacity = true+.
+
If your battery is represented in a non-standard path in /sys, be sure to
-modify the "path" property accordingly. The first occurence of %d gets replaced
-with the battery number, but you can just hard-code a path as well.
+modify the "path" property accordingly, i.e. pointing to the uevent file on
+your system. The first occurence of %d gets replaced with the battery number,
+but you can just hard-code a path as well.
+
+It is possible to define a low_threshold that causes the battery text to be
+colored red. The low_threshold type can be of threshold_type "time" or
+"percentage". So, if you configure low_threshold to 10 and threshold_type to
+"time", and your battery lasts another 9 minutes, it will be colored red.
*Example order*: +battery 0+
-*Example format*: +%status %remaining (%emptytime)+
+*Example format*: +%status %remaining (%emptytime %consumption)+
+
+*Example format_down*: +No battery+
+
+*Example low_threshold*: +30+
+
+*Example threshold_type*: +time+
+
+*Example path*: +/sys/class/power_supply/CMB1/uevent+
=== CPU-Temperature
-Gets the temperature of the given thermal zone.
+Gets the temperature of the given thermal zone. It is possible to
+define a max_threshold that will color the temperature red in case the
+specified thermal zone is getting too hot. Defaults to 75 degrees C.
*Example order*: +cpu_temperature 0+
*Example format*: +T: %degrees °C+
+*Example max_threshold*: +42+
+
+*Example path*: +/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/temp1_input+
+
=== CPU Usage
Gets the percentual CPU usage from +/proc/stat+ (Linux) or +sysctl(3)+ (FreeBSD/OpenBSD).
=== Load
Gets the system load (number of processes waiting for CPU time in the last
-1, 5 and 15 minutes).
+1, 5 and 15 minutes). It is possible to define a max_threshold that will
+color the load value red in case the load average of the last minute is
+getting higher than the configured threshold. Defaults to 5.
*Example order*: +load+
*Example format*: +%1min %5min %15min+
+*Example max_threshold*: +"0,1"+
+
=== Time
-Formats the current system time. See +strftime(3)+ for the format.
+Outputs the current time in the local timezone.
+To use a different timezone, you can set the TZ environment variable,
+or use the +tztime+ module.
+See +strftime(3)+ for details on the format string.
*Example order*: +time+
*Example format*: +%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S+
+=== TzTime
+
+Outputs the current time in the given timezone.
+If no timezone is given, local time will be used.
+See +strftime(3)+ for details on the format string.
+The system's timezone database is usually installed in +/usr/share/zoneinfo+.
+Files below that path make for valid timezone strings, e.g. for
++/usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin+ you can set timezone to +Europe/Berlin+
+in the +tztime+ module.
+
+*Example order*: +tztime berlin+
+
+*Example format*: +%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z+
+
+*Example timezone*: +Europe/Berlin+
+
=== DDate
Outputs the current discordian date in user-specified format. See +ddate(1)+ for
Outputs the volume of the specified mixer on the specified device. Works only
on Linux because it uses ALSA.
A simplified configuration can be used on FreeBSD and OpenBSD due to
-the lack of ALSA, the +device+, +mixer+ and +mixder_idx+ options can be
+the lack of ALSA, the +device+ and +mixer+ options can be
ignored on these systems. On these systems the OSS API is used instead to
-query +/dev/mixer+ directly.
+query +/dev/mixer+ directly if +mixer_dix+ is -1, otherwise
++/dev/mixer++mixer_idx+.
*Example order*: +volume master+
*Example format*: +♪: %volume+
+*Example format_muted*: +♪: 0%%+
*Example configuration*:
-------------------------------------------------------------
volume master {
format = "♪: %volume"
+ format_muted = "♪: muted (%volume)"
device = "default"
mixer = "Master"
mixer_idx = 0
Put that in some script, say +.bin/my_i3status.sh+ and execute that instead of i3status.
+Note that if you want to use the JSON output format (with colors in i3bar), you
+need to use a slightly more complex wrapper script. There are examples in the
+contrib/ folder, see http://code.i3wm.org/i3status/tree/contrib
+
+== SIGNALS
+
+When receiving +SIGUSR1+, i3status’s nanosleep() will be interrupted and thus
+you will force an update. You can use killall -USR1 i3status to force an update
+after changing the system volume, for example.
+
== SEE ALSO
+strftime(3)+, +date(1)+, +glob(3)+, +dzen2(1)+, +xmobar(1)+
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