From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:50:52 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: manpage: fix example for xmobar/dzen2
X-Git-Tag: 2.2
X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=29f382c0c2db73f42dbe796be89d832df7343375;p=i3%2Fi3status

manpage: fix example for xmobar/dzen2
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diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man
index 0fff8e6..a8f461f 100644
--- a/man/i3status.man
+++ b/man/i3status.man
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ 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*:
 --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -257,11 +258,12 @@ 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