https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:28:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6493/how-to-refresh-i3status-when-it-is-running-inside-a-wrapper/Hi, I use a [custom i3status wrapper](https://github.com/Dinduks/dotfiles/blob/master/i3/i3status-wrapper) to customize my bar, and I call it this way in my *~/.i3/config*: `status_command i3status | i3status-wrapper`. Unfortunately, running `killall -USR1 i3status` (e.g. on volume change) *does not work*: *i3status*' text is not refreshed right away. If I don't run *i3status* through the wrapper, the refresh works just fine. Does anyone know why does this happen (the pipe?)? How to *fix* that? Thanks!Sun, 23 Aug 2015 18:28:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6493/how-to-refresh-i3status-when-it-is-running-inside-a-wrapper/