i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Wed, 29 May 2013 09:34:11 +0000py3status not workinghttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/I just wanted to switch from i3status to py3status. The tutorial on this site as well as the manual on the site of the developer tells me that I just have to replace i3status with py3status in status_command, so it looks like this: bar { status\_command py3status -c ~/.i3/config_i3status } But this is not working. All I get is that the plain JSON formatted code is printed instead of the status bar over and over again. Does anyone have the same problem? Output format in my config_i3status is set to output\_format="i3bar" as it should be. Any ideas?Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:40:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/Comment by mschaefer for <p>I just wanted to switch from i3status to py3status. The tutorial on this site as well as the manual on the site of the developer tells me that I just have to replace i3status with py3status in status_command, so it looks like this:</p> <p>bar { status_command py3status -c ~/.i3/config_i3status }</p> <p>But this is not working. All I get is that the plain JSON formatted code is printed instead of the status bar over and over again. Does anyone have the same problem? Output format in my config_i3status is set to output_format="i3bar" as it should be.</p> <p>Any ideas?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/?comment=1400#comment-1400Okay, now the problem disappeared and I am not able to reproduce the odd behaviour. Only thing I did was adding an own module class, but going back to the old setup - as said - does not reproduce broken behaviour. Strange...Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:58:48 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/?comment=1400#comment-1400Answer by mschaefer for <p>I just wanted to switch from i3status to py3status. The tutorial on this site as well as the manual on the site of the developer tells me that I just have to replace i3status with py3status in status_command, so it looks like this:</p> <p>bar { status_command py3status -c ~/.i3/config_i3status }</p> <p>But this is not working. All I get is that the plain JSON formatted code is printed instead of the status bar over and over again. Does anyone have the same problem? Output format in my config_i3status is set to output_format="i3bar" as it should be.</p> <p>Any ideas?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/?answer=1409#post-id-1409Okay now I can answer this myself. When I was playing around with own modules I put some code under the Py3status class definition to debug it from the command line. This was what caused the odd behaviour.Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:14:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/?answer=1409#post-id-1409Comment by mschaefer for <p>Okay now I can answer this myself. When I was playing around with own modules I put some code under the Py3status class definition to debug it from the command line. This was what caused the odd behaviour.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/?comment=1922#comment-1922Oh right, I did not mark this as 'solved'. Thanks for the reminder, and for py3status of course ;-)Wed, 29 May 2013 09:34:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/?comment=1922#comment-1922Comment by Ultrabug for <p>Okay now I can answer this myself. When I was playing around with own modules I put some code under the Py3status class definition to debug it from the command line. This was what caused the odd behaviour.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/?comment=1917#comment-1917Just saw this post, I believe it's solved and I hope you enjoy py3status :) As py3status developer, I'll try to follow more this FAQ for any question that might arise. CheersTue, 28 May 2013 15:13:19 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1399/py3status-not-working/?comment=1917#comment-1917