i3/i3bar/doc/i3bar.man

i3bar(1)
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Axel Wagner <mail+i3bar@merovius.de>
v0.6, September 2010

== NAME

i3bar - xcb-based status- and workspace-bar

== SYNOPSIS

*i3bar* [*-s* 'sock_path'] [*-c* 'command'] [*-m*|*-d*['pos']] [*-f* 'font'] [*-V*] [*-h*]

== OPTIONS

*-s, --socket* 'sock_path'::
Specifies the 'socketpath', via which *i3bar* connects to *i3*(1). If *i3bar* can not connect to *i3*, it will exit. Defaults to '/tmp/i3-ipc.sock'

*-c, --command* 'command'::
Execute '<command>' to get 'stdin'. You can also simply pipe into 'stdin', but starting the coomand for itself, *i3bar* is able to send 'SIGCONT' and 'SIGSTOP', when combined with *-m*

*-m, --hide*::
Hide the bar, when 'mod4' is not pressed. With this, dockmode will not be set, and the bar is out of the way most of the time so you have more room.
If *-c* is specified, the childprocess is sent a 'SIGSTOP' on hiding and a 'SIGCONT' on unhiding of the bars.
This is the default behavior of i3bar.

*-d*['pos']*, --dock*[*=*'pos']::
Put i3bar in dockmode. This will reserve some space for it, so it does not overlap other clients.
You can specify either *bottom* (default) or *top* as 'pos'.

*-f, --font* 'font'::
Specifies a 'X-core-font' to use. You can choose one with *xfontsel*(1). Defaults to '-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-110-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1'.

*-V, --verbose*::
Be (very) verbose with the debug-output. If not set, only errors are reported to 'stderr'

*-h, --help*::
Display a short help-message and exit

== DESCRIPTION

*i3bar* is an xcb- and libev-based status- and ws-bar. It is best thought of as an replacement for the *i3-wsbar*(1) + *dzen2*(1)-combination. It creates a workspace-bar for every active output ("screen") and displays a piped in statusline rightaligned on every bar.

It does not sample any status-information itself, so you still need a program like *i3status*(1) or *conky*(1) for that.

i3bar does not support any color or other markups, so stdin should be plain utf8, one line at a time. If you use *i3status*(1), you therefore should specify 'output_format = none' in the general section of its config file.

Also, you should disable the internal workspace bar of *i3*(1), when using *i3bar* by specifying 'workspace_bar no' in your *i3*-configfile.

== COLORS

*i3bar* does not yet support formatting in the displayed statusline. However it does support setting colors for the bar, the workspace-buttons and the statusline.

For now this happens with the following command-line-options:

*--color-bar-fg, --color-bar-bg, --color-active-ws-fg, --color-active-ws-bg, --color-inactive-ws-fg,  --color-inactive-ws-bg, --color-urgent-ws-bg, --color-urgent-ws-fg, --color-focus-ws-fg, --color-focus-ws-bg*

For each specified option you need to give a HEX-colorcode.

Be advised that this command-line-options are only temporary and are very likely to be removed, when we finally have a config-file.

== ENVIRONMENT

=== I3SOCK

If no ipc-socket is specified on the commandline, this variable is used
to determine the path, at wich the unix domain socket is expected, on which
to connect to i3.

== EXAMPLES

To get a docked bar with some statusinformation, you use

*i3status | i3bar --dock*

If you rather have it displayed at the top of the screen, you use

*i3status | i3bar --dock=top*

If you want it to hide when not needed, you should instead simply use

*i3bar -c i3status*

== SEE ALSO

+i3(1)+, +i3-wsbar(1)+, +dzen2(1)+, +i3status(1)+

== AUTHORS

Axel Wagner and contributors