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Pause-functionality with external script in i3status

jacob11235
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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.

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
}

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answered Nov 26 '12

Michael
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In the git version of i3, you can specify the signal numbers for hide/show: http://build.i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-prot...

You could also fix the wrapper script so that it passes the signal along to i3status, I suppose.

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Thanks, I'll have a look at signal handling in Python. How could I fix this by changing the signal numbers?

jacob11235 (Nov 26 '12)edit

By just specifying SIGUSR1 as start/stop signal and then not handle it specially in the wrapper.

Michael (Nov 27 '12)edit

I expect SIGCONT to be more convenient (for example with conky). Be sure to get the exact sigvalue with "kill --table"

Julien Jehannet (Apr 3 '14)edit

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