https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:39:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/When using the default i3status with a hidden i3bar the execution of the status command is paused as long as the bar is not visible. Since I wanted to have my Dropbox state in the bar I am now using a slightly modified version of the default [wrapper.py](http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3status/tree/contrib/wrapper.py). Problem: It seems like only the wrapper is paused. When I show the bar again after it was hidden for a while it first shows the time when it was last hidden. Then it rapidly updates until it reaches the current state. So my question is: Is there a way to either make it work or disable the pausing so the current state is instantly shown? My current i3config bar section is: bar { mode hide modifier Mod1 status_command i3status | ~/.config/i3status/wrapper.py }Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:01:39 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/?answer=821#post-id-821In the git version of i3, you can specify the signal numbers for hide/show: http://build.i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html You could also fix the wrapper script so that it passes the signal along to i3status, I suppose.Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:10:08 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/?answer=821#post-id-821https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/?comment=822#comment-822Thanks, I'll have a look at signal handling in Python. How could I fix this by changing the signal numbers?Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:10:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/?comment=822#comment-822https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/?comment=825#comment-825By just specifying SIGUSR1 as start/stop signal and then not handle it specially in the wrapper.Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:50:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/?comment=825#comment-825https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/?comment=3616#comment-3616I expect SIGCONT to be more convenient (for example with conky). Be sure to get the exact sigvalue with "kill --table" Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:39:11 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/820/pause-functionality-with-external-script-in-i3status/?comment=3616#comment-3616