manpage: give a better example of the color_good option (Thanks Kamila)

[i3/i3status] / man / i3status.man

diff --git a/man/i3status.man b/man/i3status.man
index afe4fda9ff2776154f9fed1ee613263f6df3b095..777cb3830979fbf9ed26125ed1eeacbab6199ff8 100644 (file)
--- a/man/i3status.man
+++ b/man/i3status.man
@@ -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 {
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ load {
 
 cpu_temperature 0 {
        format = "T: %degrees °C"
+       path = "/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/temp1_input"
 }
 
 disk "/" {
@@ -105,7 +112,10 @@ the +colors+ directive. The input format for color values is the canonical RGB
 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
@@ -193,6 +203,14 @@ Gets the temperature of the given thermal zone.
 
 *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
@@ -241,7 +259,8 @@ 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 +271,12 @@ 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