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-.TH i3status 1 "MAY 2009" Linux "User Manuals"
-
-.SH NAME
-i3status \- Generates a status line for dzen2 or wmii
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B i3status
-.RB [\|\-c
-.IR configfile \|]
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-
-.B i3status
-is a small program (around 500 SLOC) for filling dzen2 or wmii's status bar via
-its 9P pseudo filesystem. It is designed to be very efficient by issuing a very
-small number of systemcalls (as the bar should be updated every second or at
-your specified interval). This ensures that even under high load, your status bar
-is updated correctly and it saves a little bit of battery life by not spawning
-new processes every second like shell scripts does.
-
-.SH CONFIGURATION
-.TP
-.B wlan
-Specifies the name of your WLAN interface (e.g. wlan0 or ath0 or eth1). Don't
-specify if you don't have a WLAN interface or if it should not be displayed.
-
-.TP
-.B eth
-Specifies the name of your ethernet interface (e.g. eth0). Don't specify if you
-don't have an ethernet interface or if it should not be displayed.
-
-.TP
-.B wmii_path
-Specifies the path to the rbar-folder of your mounted wmii pseudo file system
-(e.g. /mnt/wmii/rbar/). It has to be terminated by a slash.
-
-.TP
-.B time_format
-Format for the time/date to be displayed. See strftime(3) or date(1). Don't
-specify it if you don't want the time to be shown.
-
-.TP
-.B battery
-The number of the battery you want to display. This option can be specified
-multiple times to display multiple batteries. Don't specify it if you don't
-have a battery. To get the number of the specific battery, see
-/sys/class/power_supply/BAT*
-
-If you want i3status to use the last full capacity instead of the design capacity
-of the battery, specify the f-flag, like this:
-
-.Vb 10
-# Use the last full capacity
-battery 0,f
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-
-.TP
-.B run_watch
-You can specify this directive multiple times. Each line first has a name (one
-word, separated by space) followed by a path (can contain wildcards, given to
-glob(3)). The path is the path to a PID-file which contains just the process ID
-of a process. i3status will then check if the process is still running and
-displays "yes" or "no" depending on the status. This is useful for displaying
-if your VPN is running, or dhclient for DHCP and so on...
-
-.TP
-.B order
-Followed by a comma separated list of the modules (run, wlan, eth, battery,
-load, time) this directive specifies the order of the information which should
-be displayed. An order is accomplished by prefixing the files in wmii's /rbar
-directory with a number, that is 0VPN, 1DHCP, 2time and so on..
-
-.TP
-.B color
-If specified, color mode is on. This affects WLAN which will be displayed red
-if WLAN is down and the run_watch system which will display the status in
-red/green.
-
-.TP
-.B get_ethspeed
-Get current speed of the ethernet interface using the same mechanism as
-ethtool. You need to start i3status with root privileges to use this.
-
-.TP
-.B get_cpu_temperature
-Gets the temperature of the first thermal zone or the specified thermal zone
-(if any). Use it to display your CPU temperature.
-
-.TP
-.B normcolors
-Specifies the colors for background/border in the same format (html colorcodes)
-as wmii's configuration (just the last two values), that is #222222 #333333 for
-example. Text color will be determined automatically (red/green/#888888),
-depending on context.
-
-.TP
-.B interval
-Specifies the interval in which the status bar will be updated. If you got a
-very slow system or feel you don't need so much information, you may want to
-increase it.
-
-.SH FILES
-.TP
-.B /etc/i3status.conf
-System-wide configuration file.
-
-.SH EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION
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-\&wlan wlan0
-\ð eth0
-\&wmii_path /mnt/wmii/rbar/
-\&time_format %d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S
-\&battery 0
-\&battery 1,f
-\&run_watch DHCP /var/run/dhclient*.pid
-\&run_watch VPN /var/run/vpnc*.pid
-\&order run,wlan,eth,battery,load,time
-\&normcolors #000000 #333333
-\&color
-\&get_cpu_temperature
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-
-.SH MOUNTING WMII'S PSEUDO FILESYSTEM
-As of now (February 2009, Linux 2.6.28) you can mount wmii's 9P pseudo filesystem using:
-.PP
-.Vb 3
-mount -t 9p -o rw,trans=unix,uname=michael,dfltuid=1000,dfltgid=50,name=michael,noauto,noextend /tmp/ns.michael.:0/wmii /mnt/wmii
-# Perhaps you need to load module 9pnet_fd if that does not work
-modprobe 9pnet_fd
-.Ve
-
-.SH BUGS
-Sometimes, i3status crashes when the wlan interface vanishes (killswitch). I
-haven't yet found the bug, as it is not reproducible. If you can reproduce
-this, please fix it and send me a patch.
-
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR strftime (3),
-.BR date (1),
-.BR glob (3)
-
-.SH AUTHORS
-Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3status at stapelberg dot de>
-
-Thorsten Toepper <atsutane at freethoughts dot de>
-
-.SH WEBSITE
-See http://i3.zekjur.net/i3status for the newest release.
--- /dev/null
+all:
+ a2x -f manpage --asciidoc-opts="-f asciidoc.conf" i3status.man
+clean:
+ rm -f i3status.xml i3status.1 i3status.html
--- /dev/null
+ifdef::doctype-manpage[]
+ifdef::backend-docbook[]
+[header]
+template::[header-declarations]
+<refentry>
+<refmeta>
+<refentrytitle>{mantitle}</refentrytitle>
+<manvolnum>{manvolnum}</manvolnum>
+<refmiscinfo class="source">i3status</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="version">v2</refmiscinfo>
+<refmiscinfo class="manual">i3 Manual</refmiscinfo>
+</refmeta>
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>{manname}</refname>
+ <refpurpose>{manpurpose}</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+endif::backend-docbook[]
+endif::doctype-manpage[]
--- /dev/null
+i3status(1)
+===========
+Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
+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
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