i3status(1)
===========
Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-v2.1, April 2010
+v2.2, September 2010
== NAME
== 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
order += "time"
wireless wlan0 {
- format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip"
+ format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid, %bitrate) %ip"
format_down = "W: down"
}
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 {
cpu_temperature 0 {
format = "T: %degrees °C"
+ path = "/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/temp1_input"
}
disk "/" {
hexadecimal triplet (with no separators between the colors), prefixed by a hash
character ("#").
-*Example color_good*: +#00FF00+
+*Example configuration*:
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+color_good = "#00FF00"
+-------------------------------------------------------------
Likewise, you can use the +color_separator+ directive to specify the color that
will be used to paint the separator bar. The separator is always output in
*Example order*: +wireless wlan0+
-*Example format*: +W: (%quality at %essid) %ip+
+*Example format*: +W: (%quality at %essid, %bitrate) %ip+
=== Ethernet
*Example format*: +T: %degrees °C+
+=== CPU Usage
+
+Gets the percentual CPU usage from +/proc/stat+.
+
+*Example order*: +cpu_usage+
+
+*Example format*: +%usage+
+
=== Load
Gets the system load (number of processes waiting for CPU time in the last
*Example format*: +%{%a, %b %d%}, %Y%N - %H+
+=== Volume
+
+Outputs the volume of the specified mixer on the specified device. Works only
+on Linux because it uses ALSA.
+
+*Example order*: +volume master+
+
+*Example format*: +♪: %volume+
+
+*Example configuration*:
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+volume master {
+ format = "♪: %volume"
+ device = "default"
+ mixer = "Master"
+ mixer_idx = 0
+}
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
== 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*:
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== 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*:
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-i3status-xmobar | xmobar -o -t "%StdinReader%" -c "[Run StdinReader]"
+i3status | xmobar -o -t "%StdinReader%" -c "[Run StdinReader]"
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== SEE ALSO