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README.md

somebar - dwl-like bar for dwm

Screenshot

This project is rather new. Beware of bugs.

Dependencies

  • c++ compiler, meson, and ninja
  • wayland-scanner
  • libwayland-client
  • libwayland-cursor
  • libcairo
  • libpango
  • libpangocairo
sudo apt install build-essential meson ninja \
    libwayland-bin libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-dev \
    libcairo2 libcairo2-dev \
    libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev libpangocairo-1.0-0

dwl must have the wayland-ipc patch applied, since that's how the bar communicates with dwl.

Configuration

Copy src/config.def.hpp to src/config.hpp, and adjust if needed.

Building

meson setup build
ninja -C build
./build/somebar

Usage

somebar doesn't use dwl's status feature. You can start somebar using dwl's -s option, but if you do, close stdin, as somebar will not read from it.

Somebar can be controlled by writing to $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/somebar-0. The following commands are supported:

  • status TEXT: Updates the status bar
  • hide MONITOR Hides somebar on the specified monitor
  • shows MONITOR Shows somebar on the specified monitor
  • toggle MONITOR Toggles somebar on the specified monitor

MONITOR is an zxdg_output_v1 name, which can be determined e.g. using weston-info. Additionally, MONITOR can be all (all monitors) or selected (the monitor with focus).

Commands can be sent either by writing to the file name above, or equivalently by calling somebar with the -c argument. For example: somebar -c toggle all. This is recommended for shell scripts, as there is no race-free way to write to a file only if it exists.

License

somebar - dwl-like bar for dwm
Copyright (C) 2021 Raphael Robatsch

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.