status

Minimal status bar for X.

Works by writing a string to the root window name which is subsequently displayed by the window manager (e.g. dwm).

Building

Run the following commands:

$ git clone https://github.com/niculaionut/status.git
$ cd status
$ sh ./compile.sh
$ sudo sh ./install.sh # optional

Usage

Run statusd in the background. Issue updates with the command status <id-of-field>....

Adding fields

See add_field.diff (and optionally run git apply add_field.diff), which adds a system memory field having index 3.

Example

$ cd /path/to/status
$ ./statusd # Run in the background

$ cd /path/to/status
$ ./status 0 # Update the Time field
$ ./status 1 # Update the System Load field
$ ./status 2 # Update the CPU Temperature field
$ ./status 0 1 2 # Update all three fields

Sample (running with dwm)