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commit 47b31e41143917342415ee4f2be141c244f40611
parent 41e958e1db0c5125732ab85a3d8d29c2400bf1aa
Author: Christoph Lohmann <20h@r-36.net>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jul 2018 19:31:22 +0200

Restructure the status monitor page to be more logic for newcomers.

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Mdwm.suckless.org/status_monitor/index.md | 94+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dwm.suckless.org/status_monitor/index.md b/dwm.suckless.org/status_monitor/index.md @@ -11,8 +11,60 @@ It can be easily set and retrieved using standard Unix tools. xprop -root -notype -f WM_NAME "8u" \ | sed -n -r 's/WM_NAME = \"(.*)\"/\1/p' -Example shell scripts ---------------------- +Set The Status Using A Shell Script +----------------------------------- + + while true; + do + xsetroot -name "$(date)" + sleep 2 + done + +Set The Status Using Other Methods +---------------------------------- + +There are two status monitors maintained at suckless: + +slstatus - suckless status +-------------------------- + +A somewhat complex status monitor which includes all batteries. + +You can read more [on the project page](https://tools.suckless.org/slstatus/). + +dwmstatus +--------- + +Barebone status monitor with basic functions written in C. This follows the +suckless philosophy, to give you an easy way to extend the source code to your +needs. See the helper functions for C below, to extend it to your needs. Just +check it out and keep on hacking. + + git clone git://git.suckless.org/dwmstatus + cd dwmstatus + make + make PREFIX=/usr install + # add »dwmstatus 2>&1 >/dev/null &« to your .xinitrc + +Status Monitors Submitted By Others +----------------------------------- + +Feel free to add your own status monitors here (keeping the list sorted). + +* [barM](barM.c) - can display all, time/date, ram usage, output of commands (the New BarMonitor). +* [dstat](https://www.umaxx.net/dl) [Screenshot](https://www.umaxx.net/dstat.png) - displays the current network throughput, CPU usage, performance settings, battery status, temperature, volume settings, as well as the current date and time (OpenBSD only, no support for Linux). +* [dwms](https://github.com/ianremmler/dwms) - displays time, network, audio, and battery status, written in Go using XGB. +* [dwmsd](https://github.com/johnko/dwmsd) - a daemon that listens on localhost tcp (may be useful as a base for asynchronous updates) +* [dwm-sss](https://github.com/roadkillcat/dwm_sss) - shell script providing date, time and CPU temperature +* [dwmstat](https://notabug.org/kl3/dwmstat) - small and simple | IP, CPU temperature, system volume, current local time (and more) | config.h | OpenBSD +* [go-dwmstatus](https://github.com/oniichaNj/go-dwmstatus) - A Go bar that prints current MPD song, load averages, time/date and battery percentage. +* [gods](https://github.com/schachmat/gods) - implemented in Go. prints network speed, cpu, ram, date/time +* [posix scripts](https://notabug.org/kl3/scripts) - basic collection of simple, fully POSIX sh compliant scripts to get various system information +* [profil-dwmstatus-1.0.c](profil-dwmstatus-1.0.c) - cpufreq, battery percent and date/time +* [suspend-statusbar.c](https://github.com/snobb/dwm-statusbar) - date, loadavg, battery and more. If battery goes below threshold - run suspend command + +Helper Functions In The Shell +----------------------------- Return battery capacity percentage: @@ -45,42 +97,8 @@ Using shell scripts very well leads to big scripts, which pull in unneeded dependencies. One solution for this is to write everything in C, which is much more efficient. -slstatus - suckless status --------------------------- - -General purpose status monitor for dwm and other window managers for Linux and -OpenBSD written in C for maxium efficiency. - -You can read more [on the project page](https://tools.suckless.org/slstatus/). - -dwmstatus ---------- - -Barebone status monitor with basic functions written in C. It can be used -instead of slstatus if only very basic functions are needed. Extension is -possible too using code from below. - -You can read more on [r-36](http://git.r-36.net/dwmstatus/). - -User submitted versions ------------------------ - -Feel free to add your own status monitors here (keeping the list sorted). - -* [barM](barM.c) - can display all, time/date, ram usage, output of commands (the New BarMonitor). -* [dstat](https://www.umaxx.net/dl) [Screenshot](https://www.umaxx.net/dstat.png) - displays the current network throughput, CPU usage, performance settings, battery status, temperature, volume settings, as well as the current date and time (OpenBSD only, no support for Linux). -* [dwms](https://github.com/ianremmler/dwms) - displays time, network, audio, and battery status, written in Go using XGB. -* [dwmsd](https://github.com/johnko/dwmsd) - a daemon that listens on localhost tcp (may be useful as a base for asynchronous updates) -* [dwm-sss](https://github.com/roadkillcat/dwm_sss) - shell script providing date, time and CPU temperature -* [dwmstat](https://notabug.org/kl3/dwmstat) - small and simple | IP, CPU temperature, system volume, current local time (and more) | config.h | OpenBSD -* [go-dwmstatus](https://github.com/oniichaNj/go-dwmstatus) - A Go bar that prints current MPD song, load averages, time/date and battery percentage. -* [gods](https://github.com/schachmat/gods) - implemented in Go. prints network speed, cpu, ram, date/time -* [posix scripts](https://notabug.org/kl3/scripts) - basic collection of simple, fully POSIX sh compliant scripts to get various system information -* [profil-dwmstatus-1.0.c](profil-dwmstatus-1.0.c) - cpufreq, battery percent and date/time -* [suspend-statusbar.c](https://github.com/snobb/dwm-statusbar) - date, loadavg, battery and more. If battery goes below threshold - run suspend command - -Helper functions ----------------- +Helper Functions In C (for dwmstatus or slstatus etc.) +------------------------------------------------------ If you have simple C functions for gathering system information, feel free to add them here (keeping the list sorted).