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| author | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2020-05-26 07:26:34 -0400 | 
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-05-26 07:26:34 -0400 | 
| commit | 373d96844fb93e4a2e5aee4d3b9f866c032190a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 14e17d12341cec0d909212d1dbdac07f5a955325 | |
| parent | Update status after forking and export with setenv (diff) | |
| parent | america (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into forkbefore
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 58 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | config.h | 11 | 
2 files changed, 50 insertions, 19 deletions
| @@ -1,18 +1,46 @@  # dwmblocks +  Modular status bar for dwm written in c. -# modifying blocks -The statusbar is made from text output from commandline programs. -Blocks are added and removed by editing the blocks.h header file. -# Luke's bulid -I have dwmblocks read my preexisting scripts [here in my dotfiles repo](https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/voidrice/tree/master/.local/bin/statusbar). -So if you want my build out of the box, download those and put them in your `$PATH`. -I do this to avoid redundancy in LARBS, both i3 and dwm use the same statusbar scripts. -# signalling changes -For example, the audio module has the update signal 10 by default. -Thus, running `pkill -RTMIN+10 dwmblocks` will update it. -# clickable modules -Like i3blocks, this build allows you to build in additional actions into your scripts in response to click events. -See the above linked scripts for examples of this using the `$BLOCK_BUTTON` variable. - -For this feature to work, you need the appropriate patch in dwm as well. See [here](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/statuscmd/). + +# Modifying blocks + +The statusbar is made from text output from commandline programs.  Blocks are +added and removed by editing the config.h file. + +# Luke's build + +I have dwmblocks read my preexisting scripts +[here in my dotfiles repo](https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/voidrice/tree/master/.local/bin/statusbar). +So if you want my build out of the box, download those and put them in your +`$PATH`. I do this to avoid redundancy in LARBS, both i3 and dwm use the same +statusbar scripts. + +# Signaling changes + +Most statusbars constantly rerun every script every several seconds to update. +This is an option here, but a superior choice is giving your module a signal +that you can signal to it to update on a relevant event, rather than having it +rerun idly. + +For example, the audio module has the update signal 10 by default.  Thus, +running `pkill -RTMIN+10 dwmblocks` will update it. + +You can also run `kill -44 $(pidof dwmblocks)` which will have the same effect, +but is faster.  Just add 34 to your typical signal number. + +My volume module *never* updates on its own, instead I have this command run +along side my volume shortcuts in dwm to only update it when relevant. + +Note that if you signal an unexpected signal to dwmblocks, it will probably +crash. So if you disable a module, remember to also disable any cronjobs or +other scripts that might signal to that module. + +# Clickable modules + +Like i3blocks, this build allows you to build in additional actions into your +scripts in response to click events.  See the above linked scripts for examples +of this using the `$BLOCK_BUTTON` variable. + +For this feature to work, you need the appropriate patch in dwm as well. See +[here](https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/statuscmd/).  Credit for those patches goes to Daniel Bylinka (daniel.bylinka@gmail.com). @@ -6,22 +6,25 @@ static const Block blocks[] = {  	{"",	"pacpackages",	0,	8},  	{"",	"news",		0,	6},  	/* {"",	"crypto",	0,	13}, */ +	/* {"",	"price bat \"Basic Attention Token\" 🦁",	0,	20}, */ +	/* {"",	"price btc Bitcoin 💰",				0,	21}, */ +	/* {"",	"price lbc \"LBRY Token\" 📚",			0,	22}, */  	{"",	"torrent",	20,	7},  	/* {"",	"memory",	10,	14}, */ -	/* {"",	"cpu",		10,	13}, */ -	/* {"",	"moonphase",	18000,	5}, */ +	/* {"",	"cpu",		10,	18}, */ +	/* {"",	"moonphase",	18000,	17}, */  	{"",	"weather",	18000,	5},  	{"",	"mailbox",	180,	12},  	/* {"",	"nettraf",	1,	16}, */  	{"",	"volume",	0,	10}, -	{"",	"battery | tr \'\n\' \' \'",	5,	3}, +	{"",	"battery",	5,	3},  	{"",	"clock",	60,	1},  	{"",	"internet",	5,	4},  	{"",	"help-icon",	0,	15},  };  //sets delimeter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter. -static char delim = '|'; +static char delim = ' ';  // Have dwmblocks automatically recompile and run when you edit this file in  // vim with the following line in your vimrc/init.vim: | 
