diff --git a/docs/FAQ.rst b/docs/FAQ.rst index e20bcee..c2a1513 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.rst +++ b/docs/FAQ.rst @@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ Then, please open a bug report and I will try to fix the issue quickly. If that is not an acceptable solution, here are different ways to step back to the last stable version: -(TODO) -- git -- PIP -- AUR +git + ``git checkout v1.10`` +pip + ``pip install --user --force-reinstall bumblebee-status==1.10`` +aur + TODO My bar doesn’t show any background colors ----------------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/development/theme.rst b/docs/development/theme.rst index f298992..1336a87 100644 --- a/docs/development/theme.rst +++ b/docs/development/theme.rst @@ -109,24 +109,67 @@ enclosing the actual text. Full list of attributes ----------------------- -(TODO: Add explanation) +This list specifies the names of all attributes, their JSON type and a short description. -- defaults -- cycle -- icons -- warning -- critical -- fg -- bg -- separator -- padding -- pango -- prefix -- suffix -- default-separators -- separator-block-width -- -- +defaults, object + Container to specify fallback values, in case nothing more specific matches. + Can itself contain any of the other attributes (to e.g. specify a default background + color). +cycle, array of objects + Similar to defaults, but specifies a list of containers that is iterated for each + widget being drawn. Effectively, this allows alternating attribute values for + widgets (for a powerline effect, for example) +icons, array of strings + Allows loading of external JSON files and merging them into the current one (adding fields + that do not exist in the current JSON, but not overwriting existing values). In practice, this + is used to load common icon sets (hence the name). +warning, object + Specifies attributes such as foreground or background colors for a widget that is in state + "warning" +critical, object + Specifies attributes such as foreground or background colors for a widget that is in state + "critical" +fg, string + Specifies foreground (text) color +bg, string + Specifies background (block) color +separator, string + Specifies a string that will be used as separator between two widgets +padding, string + Specifies a string that will be used as padding at the beginning and end of each widget +pango, object + Specifies `pango `_ markup + attributes. Once this attribute is encountered, all other text formatting, such as `fg` or `bg` + are ignored for this widget! +prefix, string + Specifies a string that will be used as prefix for matching widgets +suffix, string + Specifies a string that will be used as suffix for matching widgets +default-separators, boolean + If set to true, the default i3bar separators are drawn, otherwise not +separator-block-width, integer + Specifies the width of the i3bar default separators, if they are drawn +, object + Container to specify values matching a specific module +, object + Container to specify values matching a specific state of a widget + +Note that it is also possible to nest containers, for example, it is possible to embed a "state" +object inside a specific "module" object to have formatting specific to one module, depending +on the state of a widget. + +In concrete terms, this is used, for example, by multiple mediaplayer modules (cmus, deadbeef, etc.) +to have specific formatting for play/pause, etc, for that single widget only, like this: + +.. code-block:: json + + { + "cmus": { + "playing": { + "prefix": "play" + } + } + } Examples --------