https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:19:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/332/custom-status_command-text-update/I have an interest to write own status command, replacement to i3status. Program make the text, dedode it to json and print. Text shows on i3bar, but not update. Tried to print json in while-cycle with delay - text not shows al all. Tried all with simple text - similar. Writing in python. Cant't use i3status sources becose bad in C, sorry.Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:07:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/332/custom-status_command-text-update/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/332/custom-status_command-text-update/?answer=357#post-id-357Sorry, I must have missed your question, or I’d have replied earlier. Please read this document to understand how to send JSON to i3bar: http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html (pay attention to the header part: unless you are using a recent git "next" version, you need to send it *exactly* as `{"version":1}`). It also contains a link to a simple shell script (for illustrational purposes only!) which demonstrates how to put an (updating) clock into i3bar: http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/tree/contrib/trivial-bar-script.sh?h=next Since you are using python, there also is a wrapper script which reads i3status’s JSON and adds the current CPU governor: http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3status/tree/contrib/wrapper.py In case these resources don’t help, please post your code so we can tell you what’s wrong. Without the code, we can’t do anything.Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:14:25 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/332/custom-status_command-text-update/?answer=357#post-id-357https://faq.i3wm.org/question/332/custom-status_command-text-update/?answer=1653#post-id-1653I made something very simple and hacky. However, I think it is efficient and sufficient. I've been using it instead of i3status or conky. #!/bin/sh echo '{ "version": 1 }' echo '[' echo '[],' readonly PRE='{ "full_text": "' readonly COL='", "color": "' readonly CER='" }' KERNELV=$PRE"K: $(uname -sr)"$COL'#bbaacc'$CER i=5 while : do if [ "$i" -eq "5" ]; then BATERIA=$PRE"B: $(acpi -b | awk '{print $NF}')"$COL'#ccbbaa'$CER DISK=$PRE"D: $(df -h | awk '/sda1/ {print $5 " ("$4" Disp.)" }')"$COL'#ccaabb'$CER UPTIME=$PRE"🕐: $(awk '{printf "%.2f", $0/3600;}' /proc/uptime)h"$COL'#ccaabb'$CER let i=0 fi let i="$i+1" CALOR=$PRE"T: $(acpi -t | awk '{print $(NF-2)}')°C"$COL'#ccbbaa'$CER LOAD=$PRE"L: $(cat /proc/loadavg)"$COL'#ccbbaa'$CER VOL=$PRE"♪: $(pactl list sinks | awk '/Volume: 0:/{print $NF}')"$COL'#bbccaa'$CER FECHA=$PRE"$(date +'%A,%_d %B %Y %H:%M:%S')"$COL'#aaccbb'$CER echo "[$KERNELV,$UPTIME,$CALOR,$BATERIA,$LOAD,$DISK,$VOL,$FECHA]," || exit 1 sleep 5s; done Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:19:28 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/332/custom-status_command-text-update/?answer=1653#post-id-1653