commit 71042181679c87ded30997a7853a33e91a960a86
parent 216735af942408e246df6cc1a0a2b972612cbe2c
Author: clamiax <smoppy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:28:24 +0200
Better description for dwmstatus.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -31,16 +31,14 @@ Get random images from Tumblr.
Some sample usages in ~/.xinitrc:
# Change wallpaper each 5 minutes
- while true
- do
+ while true; do
feh --bg-max $(~/sources/scripts/scrapthumb -rn1)
sleep 5m
done &
# Change wallpaper each 5 minutes by storing the source
# into /tmp/.scrapthumb (new with the -u flag)
- while true
- do
+ while true; do
t="$(~/sources/scripts/scrapthumb -urn1)"
src=$(echo $t |cut -d'|' -f1)
img=$(echo $t |cut -d'|' -f2)
@@ -60,7 +58,8 @@ system if the battery is below 9%. Make it runs each minute via cron like this:
dwmstatus
---------
-Draw useful informations to the dwm bar. Sample output:
+Output useful informations suitable for a status bar. It's designed for dwm.
+Sample output:
```
B:89%+ T:56C W:70% V:95% (0.23 0.21 0.22 0.16) 25/09/2015 11:15
```
@@ -68,12 +67,24 @@ B:89%+ T:56C W:70% V:95% (0.23 0.21 0.22 0.16) 25/09/2015 11:15
Here is a brief explanations of the fields:
B: battery percentage. A trailing symbol indicates that AC power is plugged (+) or not (-)
-T: temperature (celsius degrees)
+T: temperature in celsius degrees
W: wireless signal
-V: volume. A trailing asterisk indicates that the mute is on.
+V: volume. A trailing asterisk indicates if the mute is on
+Load average between parenthesis
+Date and time
-Finally, there is the load average between parethesis followed by date and
-time.
+To set the dwm bar you have to call xsetroot, like this:
+```
+xsetroot -name "$(/path/of/dwmstatus)"
+```
+
+It's easy to auto-update the bar by putting this in your ~/.xinitrc:
+```
+while true; do
+ xsetroot -name "$(/path/of/dwmstatus)"
+ sleep 30s
+done &
+```
spawncgi
--------
