i3status and lemonbar
I'd like to use lemonbar with i3status. This requires a possibility to escape the percent sign in i3status. I've tried %% and \% but no effect.
Also is it possible to configure the output of commands like %usage such that they don't contain a trailing percent sign?
man i3status
That's where I've been looking. But I haven't found anything.
OK then. To the last question: no, the percent sign is hardcoded. To the first question: you can always write a wrapper script around i3status. Personally, I'd just recommend using something other than i3status for any non-trivial customization.
(https://github.com/i3/i3status/blob/master/src/print_cpu_usage.c#L105)
What would you recommend? Conky seems quite heavy. I did like i3status for its aim to be efficient by issuing only a few system calls. Maybe there is something similar written in C/C++.