DWM status service which dynamically updates when needed. Heavily inspired by i3status-rust.
Example status bar:
L 30% / MUTE / ▼ 25% (01:05) / 2018-03-16 21:25
cargo, rustc and lib{dbus,gdk-pixbuf,notify,x11}-dev are required to build the binary.
sh
$ # dev mode
$ cargo run -- <config-file>
$ # release mode
$ cargo build --release
$ ./target/release/dwm-status <config-file>
Or install globally to ~/.cargo/bin:
sh
$ cargo install dwm-status
Build:
sh
$ nix-build
And run:
sh
$ ./result/bin/dwm_status <config-file>
The config-file can be a HJSON, JSON, TOML or YAML file. For each possible format a config file filled with the
default values can be found in examples/default-settings. The type of file is determined by its suffix.
For an example how to use icons in the status bar see examples/icon-settings/nerd-font.toml. You need to install and
specify one of the available nerd fonts in your config.h in dwm to use the icons in the
example config, e.g.:
c
static const char *fonts[] = { "Ubuntu Mono Nerd Font:size=9" };
| name | default | description |
| ----------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| debug | false | Whether to print to stdout when the bar updates. |
| order | [] | List of enabled features in order. |
| separator | " / " | Separator string between each feature. |
Note: alsa-utils are required.
Shows status of configured alsa control device. Listens on alsactl monitor for changes.
| name | default | description |
| ---------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| control | "Master" | Alsa control device to listen for. |
| mute | "MUTE" | Text representation if muted. |
| template | "S {VOL}%" | Text representation if unmuted. ({VOL} gets replaced with the current volume, {ICO} gets replaced with the icon) |
| icons | [] | List of icons, which represent different stages relative to the current volume, e.g. ["LOW", "MIDDLE, "HIGH"]. |
Shows status of backlight value and watches /sys/class/backlight for changes.
| name | default | description |
| ---------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| device | "intel_backlight" | Backlight device in /sys/class/backlight. |
| template | "L {BL}%" | Text representation. ({BL} gets replaced with the current backlight value, {ICO} gets replaced with the icon) |
| icons | [] | List of icons, which represent different stages relative to the current value, e.g. ["LOW", "MIDDLE, "HIGH"]. |
Note: The upower daemon has to be running for receiving DBus messages.
Watches UPower DBus signals for added or removed batteries and changes of battery states.
If notifier is enabled, currently discharging and the capacity of the fullest battery is under the configured values value, warning notifications with urgency normal or critical (depending on the configured critical value) are sent.
Shows following information per battery:
| status | example | notes |
| -------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------- |
| charging | ▲ 10% (01:23) | In parentheses time to full |
| discharging | ▼ 50% (02:03) | In parentheses time to empty |
Shows following information as feature block (ICO gets replaced with an icon if any are defined):
| battery count | example | notes |
| ------------- | ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| 0 | NO BATT | |
| 1 | ▼ ICO 50% (02:03) | |
| 2 | ▼ ICO 50% (02:03) · ICO 50% | Batteries ordered alphabetically by name |
| name | default | description |
| ------------------- | -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| charging | "▲" | Text representation for status charging. |
| discharging | "▼" | Text representation for status discharging. |
| enable_notifier | true | Whether to enable the notifier. |
| no_battery | "NO BATT" | Text representation if no battery present. |
| notifier_critical | 10 | Maximum battery value to notify via critical notification. |
| notifier_levels | [2, 5, 10, 15, 20] | Battery values to notify. |
| separator | " · " | Separator string between mutliple battery infos. |
| icons | [] | List of icons, which represent different stages relative to the current battery state, e.g. ["LOW", "MIDDLE, "HIGH"]. |
Shows CPU load taken from /proc/loadavg in configured format and refreshes every n seconds.
| name | default | description |
| ----------------- | ---------------------- | --------------------------- |
| template | "{CL1} {CL5} {CL15}" | Text representation. ({CLx} gets replaced with the load
of last x minutes for x in {1, 5, 15}) |
| update_interval | 20 | Update interval in seconds. |
Shows time in configured format and refreshes every second or minute.
| name | default | description |
| ---------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| format | "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M" | Time format of chrono crate. |
| update_seconds | false | Whether to update time feature every second or minute, automatically set by parsing format. |
You need rustup with nightly toolchain, rustfmt, clippy and lib{dbus,gdk-pixbuf,notify,x11}-dev. I recommend the
installation of racer.
If your are using nix you can use shell.nix for all dependencies except the rustup
toolchain and components:
sh
$ nix-shell
[nix-shell]$ rustup install nightly
[nix-shell]$ rustup default nightly
[nix-shell]$ rustup component add clippy-preview
[nix-shell]$ rustup component add rustfmt-preview