manpage: fix sample config (ethernet module)

[i3/i3status] / man / i3status.man

diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man
index a93f90d49da861133340f330ea0eb794207d2859..e77872207779ddd222524f98fdb5340b3459dade 100644 (file)
--- a/man/i3status.man
+++ b/man/i3status.man
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 i3status(1)
 ===========
 Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-v2.1, April 2010
+v2.2, September 2010
 
 == NAME
 
@@ -9,13 +9,18 @@ i3status - Generates a status line for dzen2 or xmobar
 
 == SYNOPSIS
 
-i3status [-c configfile]
+i3status [-c configfile] [-h] [-v]
 
 == OPTIONS
 
 -c::
-Specifies an alternate configuration file path (default is /etc/i3status.conf
-or ~/.i3status.conf).
+Specifies an alternate configuration file path. By default, i3status looks for
+configuration files in the following order:
+
+1. ~/.i3status/config
+2. ~/.config/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/i3status/config if set)
+3. /etc/i3status/config
+4. /etc/xdg/i3status/config (or $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/i3status/config if set)
 
 == DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -63,7 +68,8 @@ wireless wlan0 {
 
 ethernet eth0 {
         # if you use %speed, i3status requires the cap_net_admin capability
-        format = "E: %ip (%speed)"
+        format_up = "E: %ip (%speed)"
+        format_down = "E: down"
 }
 
 battery 0 {
@@ -241,7 +247,8 @@ volume master {
 
 == Using i3status with dzen2
 
-After installing dzen2, you can directly use it with i3status:
+After installing dzen2, you can directly use it with i3status. Just ensure that
++output_format+ is set to +dzen2+.
 
 *Example for usage of i3status with dzen2*:
 --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -252,11 +259,12 @@ i3status | dzen2 -fg white -ta r -w 1280 \
 == Using i3status with xmobar
 
 To get xmobar to start, you might need to copy the default configuration
-file to +~/.xmobarrc+.
+file to +~/.xmobarrc+. Also, ensure that the +output_format+ option for i3status
+is set to +xmobar+.
 
 *Example for usage of i3status with xmobar*:
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-i3status-xmobar | xmobar -o -t "%StdinReader%" -c "[Run StdinReader]"
+i3status | xmobar -o -t "%StdinReader%" -c "[Run StdinReader]"
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 == SEE ALSO