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JonathanArcher · 2010-04-02 16:20:24

Hey, just recently switched from xmonad to I3 and so far I really like it (never got around to learn haskell). The only thing still missing is to display at least the current time and maybe also the date in the statusbar. I at least couldn't find anything in the docs or manpage, so maybe there is no way to do that?

Last edited by JonathanArcher (2010-04-06 15:37:41)

karol · 2010-04-02 16:32:15

i3status: "i3status – Generates a status line for dzen2 or wmii"
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/kar … tus.1.html

Last edited by karol (2010-04-02 16:34:02)

litemotiv · 2010-04-02 17:45:28

or just conky

lasu1 · 2010-04-02 21:11:07

You can also try Dzen2, which allows you to add pretty much anything to a status bar (its what I use...works well).

JonathanArcher · 2010-04-03 07:13:00

Thanks guys, I'm using i3status in combination with dzen2 now, you can't use one on its own can you?
Just need to get around and configure it properly as I only have a centered date and time at the top of my screen.

lasu1 · 2010-04-03 11:07:43

Yeah, I just manually lowered (by using the -x and -y values in dzen) my dzen2 bar so that it fit in the area where the workspace tags are. I am quite sure there is a better way to do it...but that's how I did it

JonathanArcher · 2010-04-03 18:04:31

Me again, hopefully the last time. I just configured dzen2 and i3status (just like lasu1 was pointing it out), but I can't seem to get it to autostart properly.

I put the whole command to start both (i3status | dzen etc &) into my xinit.rc before the "exec i3" part, but what then happens is that I only see my background wallpaper and the dzen2 bar, but i3 does not load. When I comment the dzen part out of the xinit.rc everything works fine again, and I can start it manually without any problems.

Is there a different way to autostart the statusbar?

gazj · 2010-04-03 18:09:56

i put this line in my .i3/config

Code:

# execute my startup programs
exec ~/.startup

then I create ~/.startup with the following

Code:

gary@Lister ~ $ cat .startup
#!/bin/bash
# Login startup

xautolock -locker johnny -corners +000 -nocloseout &
xrdb ~/.Xdefaults
display -window root .wallpaper.png
sudo conky | dzen2 -x 100 -y 1009 -w 1180 -ta r -bg black -fg '#1793d1' -fn -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859 &

xclock -geometry 100x90+1170+893 &
sleep 2
i3-msg bb

don't forget to make ~/.startup executable

lasu1 · 2010-04-03 23:27:57

What does i3-msg bb do?

I start the script from xinitrc. Here's mine:
.xinitrc:

Code:

exec i3 --force-xinerama &
sh startup.sh

and the startup script:

Code:

i="1"
feh --bg-scale /media/sdb1/Documents/wall2copia.png

while [ $i = 1 ]
do
DATE=$(date)
MEMINFO=$(sed -n -e '3d' -e '1,4p' /proc/meminfo | awk '{printf "%d ", $2 }')
UPTIME=$(uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g')
QUALITY=$(sed -e '1,2d' /proc/net/wireless | cut -d" " -f6,7)
UNAME=$(uname -a | cut -d" " -f1,2,3)
TEMPS=$(sensors | awk '/C/ { print $3}' | xargs | cut -d" " -f1,2,3,4)
echo "^fg(white)$DATE^fg(grey) | $UNAME | ^fg(white)^i(mem.xbm)^fg(grey) T/F/C $MEMINFO | ^fg(white)^i(net-wifi.xbm) $QUALITY ^fg(grey)| ^fg(white)^i(cpu.xbm)^fg(grey) $UPTIME | ^fg(white)^i(temp.xbm)^fg(grey) $TEMPS"
sleep 5

done | dzen2 -x 150 -y 1005 -w 1050 -bg black -fg grey -fn fixed

gazj · 2010-04-04 03:34:40

i3-msg bb. removes window decorations from the current window. The last window I opened in my startup is xclock. I use the sleep command to gaurantee it has finished drawing and has focus. Then i3-msg bb removes the window borders on xclock.

bn borders-normal
bp borders-1pixel
bb borders-borderless

you can also bind keys to these commands

Code:

# Change window borders bn=normal border bp=1 pixel bb=borderless
bindsym Mod4+comma bn
bindsym Mod4+period bp
bindsym Mod4+slash bb

Last edited by gazj (2010-04-04 04:24:25)

gazj · 2010-04-04 04:25:59

I also have this dmenu script bound to win+i for i3 commands

Code:

#!/bin/bash

#dmenu_i3
#Gazj 2010 garyjames82atgmaildotcom
#execute i3 commands using dmenu, history stored under ~/.i3/dmenu

if [ -f $HOME/.dmenurc ]; then
 . $HOME/.dmenurc
else
 DMENU='dmenu -i'
fi

GS=`cat ~/.i3/dmenu | $DMENU -p "i3 command:" $*`

if grep -q "$GS" "$HOME/.i3/dmenu" ; then
   echo already exists in history
else
   echo $GS >> ~/.i3/dmenu
fi

i3-msg $GS

You can then just press win+i type any i3-msg command and it will be applied to the selected window

JonathanArcher · 2010-04-04 05:36:49

Alright, it worked. I also made a startup script, executed by the i3 config. Strange was though that I again had to adjust the -y value of dzen2, the first time I started my bar was again at the top instead of the bottom.

Thanks a lot guys, I have now deleted xmonad and am happy to use i3

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