Fortune output in i3status

asked 2013-12-26 21:07:16 +0000

fabio
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I know it's stupid, but just to have fun... it is possible to display fortune outputs on my i3bar? :-) Inspired by man i3status i tried with this

statuscommand i3status --config .i3/i3barbottom | while :; do read line; fortune && echo " | $line" && sleep 5 || exit 1; done

in the bar block of my config file, but anything except my usual i3status has been displayed...

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answered 2014-01-15 16:58:14 +0000

Ultrabug
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Disclaimer : I'm the dev of py3stauts, my view is biased

You could do this easily using py3status if you can get over writing a few lines of python ;) More info on the github.com/ultrabug/py3status wiki

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answered 2013-12-27 23:51:36 +0000

joepd
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I am guessing here, but fortune terminates its string with a newline. Getting rid of that one somehow will fix this error.

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Thanks for the reply! I tried substituting any newline with a space through tr status_command i3status --config ~/.i3/i3_barbottom | while :; do read line; fort une | tr '\n' ' ' && echo " | $line" && sleep 5 || exit 1; done but anything changed...

fabio ( 2013-12-28 01:02:28 +0000 )edit

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