From 3fef39d3f5903c920065ee11910d6cc81b41befc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Kumbier Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:10:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Some information on building i3status from source --- README | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7bd5d2e --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +DESCRIPTION +=========== +i3status is a small program (about 1500 SLOC) for generating a status bar for +i3bar, dzen2, xmobar or similar programs. It is designed to be very efficient by +issuing a very small number of system calls, 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. + +DEVELOPMENT +=========== +i3status has the following dependencies: +- libconfuse-dev +- libyajl-dev +- libasound2-dev +- libiw-dev +- asciidoc (only for the documentation) + +On debian-based systems, the following line will install all requirements: +apt-get install libconfuse-dev libyajl-dev libasound2-dev libiw-dev asciidoc + +GIT-REPOSITORY +-------------- +The Code is developed at + http://code.i3wm.org/i3status + +You may clone the git-repository from + git://code.i3wm.org/i3status + +Talk to Michael Stapelberg for pull-requests at + michael+i3status@stapelberg.de + +COMPILING +--------- +Compiling is done with the usual make-line + make && sudo make install -- 2.39.2