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Introduction
================
General
----------------
bumblebee-status is a modular, theme-able status line generator for the
`i3 window manager <https://i3wm.org/>`__.
Focus is on:
- ease of use, sane defaults (no mandatory configuration file)
- custom modules: :doc:`development/module`
- custom themes: :doc:`development/theme`
I hope you like it and I appreciate any kind of feedback: bug reports,
feature requests, etc. :)
Thanks a lot!
Required i3wm version: 4.12+ (in earlier versions, blocks wont have
background colors)
Supported Python versions: 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
Supported FontAwesome version: 4 (free version of 5 doesnt include some
of the icons)
Example usage:
.. code-block::
bar {
status_command <path>/bumblebee-status \
-m cpu memory battery time pasink pasource \
-p time.format="%H:%M" \
-t solarized
}
Installation
----------------
.. code-block::
# from git (development snapshot)
$ git clone git://github.com/tobi-wan-kenobi/bumblebee-status
# from AUR:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/bumblebee-status.git
cd bumblebee-status
makepkg -sicr
# from PyPI (thanks @tony):
# will install bumblebee-status into ~/.local/bin/bumblebee-status
pip install --user bumblebee-status
Dependencies
------------
:doc:`development/module` lists the dependencies
(Python modules and external executables) for each module. If you are
not using a module, you dont need the dependencies.
Usage
------------
Normal usage
~~~~~~~~~~~~
In your i3wm configuration, modify the *status_command* for your i3bar
like this:
.. code-block::
bar {
status_command <path to bumblebee-status/bumblebee-status> \
-m <list of modules> \
-p <list of module parameters> \
-t <theme>
}
You can retrieve a list of modules (and their parameters) and themes by
entering:
.. code-block::
$ cd bumblebee-status
$ ./bumblebee-status -l themes
$ ./bumblebee-status -l modules
To change the update interval, use:
.. code-block::
$ ./bumblebee-status -m <list of modules> -p interval=<interval in seconds>
The update interval can also be changed on a per-module basis, like
this:
.. code-block::
$ ./bumblebee-status -m cpu memory -p cpu.interval=5s memory.interval=1m
All modules can be given “aliases” using ``<module name>:<alias>``, by
which they can be parametrized, for example:
.. code-block::
$ ./bumblebee-status -m disk:root disk:home -p root.path=/ home.path=/home
As a simple example, this is what my i3 configuration looks like:
.. code-block::
bar {
font pango:Inconsolata 10
position top
tray_output none
status_command ~/.i3/bumblebee-status/bumblebee-status -m nic disk:root \
cpu memory battery date time pasink pasource dnf \
-p root.path=/ time.format="%H:%M CW %V" date.format="%a, %b %d %Y" \
-t solarized-powerline
}
Restart i3wm and - thats it!
Examples
---------
.. include:: themes.rst