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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:02:12 +0000Cannot pipe conky colors to i3bar using JSON, status doesn't get updatedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/I did exactly as it says in the documentation. I've struggled with this for two days many hours in a row. I have no experience with JSON so I don't know what I can do to fix it. I have the ~/.i3/conkyi3bar.sh which looks like this: #!/bin/sh echo '{ "version": 1 }' echo '[' echo '[],' exec conky -c $HOME/.i3/conkyi3rc And this is the TEXT part from the conky script: TEXT [ { "full_text": "K: $kernel", "color": "\#BFBFBF" }, { "full_text": "A: $machine", "color": "\#BFBFBF" }, { "full_text": "U: $uptime", "color": "\#BFBFBF" }, { "full_text": "CU0: ${cpu cpu1}%", "color": ${if_match ${cpu cpu1}>60}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} }, { "full_text": "CU1: ${cpu cpu2}%", "color": ${if_match ${cpu cpu2}>60}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} }, { "full_text": "C0:${hwmon 1 temp 2}°C", "color": ${if_match ${hwmon 1 temp 2}>45}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} }, { "full_text": "C1:${hwmon 1 temp 3}°C", "color": ${if_match ${hwmon 1 temp 3}>45}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} }, { "full_text": "M: $memeasyfree / $memperc%", "color": ${if_match ${memperc}>70}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} } ] I wrote it like this to be easy to read (for me). At first I thought it may be the syntax, but I tried many ways. It made no difference. Without using the JSON protocol, the conky status gets piped without any problems, but I have to give up on colors. Maybe someone who knows JSON or the i3bar protocol better, can spot an error in my configs. I need a little help. I'm using ArchLinux 64 bit with i3-git compiled yesterday in the hope that there will be something that can be fixed this way.Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:34:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/Answer by Michael for I did exactly as it says in the documentation. I've struggled with this for two days many hours in a row. I have no experience with JSON so I don't know what I can do to fix it. I have the ~/.i3/conkyi3bar.sh which looks like this: <pre><code>#!/bin/sh echo '{ "version": 1 }' echo '[' echo '[],' exec conky -c $HOME/.i3/conkyi3rc </code></pre> And this is the TEXT part from the conky script: <pre><code>TEXT [ { "full_text": "K: $kernel", "color": "\#BFBFBF" }, { "full_text": "A: $machine", "color": "\#BFBFBF" }, { "full_text": "U: $uptime", "color": "\#BFBFBF" }, { "full_text": "CU0: ${cpu cpu1}%", "color": ${if_match ${cpu cpu1}>60}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} }, { "full_text": "CU1: ${cpu cpu2}%", "color": ${if_match ${cpu cpu2}>60}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} }, { "full_text": "C0:${hwmon 1 temp 2}°C", "color": ${if_match ${hwmon 1 temp 2}>45}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} }, { "full_text": "C1:${hwmon 1 temp 3}°C", "color": ${if_match ${hwmon 1 temp 3}>45}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} }, { "full_text": "M: $memeasyfree / $memperc%", "color": ${if_match ${memperc}>70}"\#FF0000" ${else}"\#BFBFBF" ${endif} } ] </code></pre> I wrote it like this to be easy to read (for me). At first I thought it may be the syntax, but I tried many ways. It made no difference. Without using the JSON protocol, the conky status gets piped without any problems, but I have to give up on colors. Maybe someone who knows JSON or the i3bar protocol better, can spot an error in my configs. I need a little help. I'm using ArchLinux 64 bit with i3-git compiled yesterday in the hope that there will be something that can be fixed this way. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?answer=1100#post-id-1100You are missing a trailing comma in the last line of your conky configuration. See the example in http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html#_the_protocol — i3bar expects an infinite array of status lines, and JSON array elements are separated by commas from each other.Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:29:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?answer=1100#post-id-1100Comment by virtualeyes for You are missing a trailing comma in the last line of your conky configuration. See the example in <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html">http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.h...</a>theprotocol — i3bar expects an infinite array of status lines, and JSON array elements are separated by commas from each other. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?comment=1371#comment-1371Had perfect static colored Conky text, now it actually works ;-)Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:02:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?comment=1371#comment-1371Comment by dkeg for You are missing a trailing comma in the last line of your conky configuration. See the example in <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html">http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.h...</a>theprotocol — i3bar expects an infinite array of status lines, and JSON array elements are separated by commas from each other. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?comment=1156#comment-1156This was also helpful for me to find a solution to the same issue. Thank you!Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:51:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?comment=1156#comment-1156Comment by naq for You are missing a trailing comma in the last line of your conky configuration. See the example in <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html">http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.h...</a>theprotocol — i3bar expects an infinite array of status lines, and JSON array elements are separated by commas from each other. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?comment=1104#comment-1104Thank you.Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:51:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?comment=1104#comment-1104Comment by naq for You are missing a trailing comma in the last line of your conky configuration. See the example in <a href="http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html">http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.h...</a>theprotocol — i3bar expects an infinite array of status lines, and JSON array elements are separated by commas from each other. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?comment=1103#comment-1103Thank you for replying Michael. I've read the docs and I tried putting a comma and didn't work. Now after you posted the answer and narrowed it down confirming me that that's the problem, I tried again and I realized that the comma had to be after the last ], not }, and so I did that and it works.Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:51:01 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1096/cannot-pipe-conky-colors-to-i3bar-using-json-status-doesnt-get-updated/?comment=1103#comment-1103