dwm-statusbar

dwm-statusbar is a customizable status bar for the dwm window manager, written in Rust.

Features

• Customizable Blocks: Easily configure which information to display and how often to update it in rust.
• Windowing Feature: Switch between different sets of status blocks using a Unix socket.

Usage

Configuration

The status bar is configured in the main.rs file. You can define different blocks and their update intervals using the blocks! macro. For example:

use dwm_statusbar::*;

StatusBar::new(
    " | ", // separator
    vec![
        // blocks! {
        //    { function, update interval in ms },
        // }

        // window 1
        blocks! {
            { |_num_updates| "window 1".to_string(), 1_000 },
        },
        
        // window 2
        blocks! {
            { |_num_updates| "window 2".to_string(), 1_000 },
        },
    ],
)

Check src/main.rs for a template on how to use this for your own status bar.

Windowing Feature

The windowing feature allows you to switch between different sets of status blocks. This can be useful if you want to display different information based on the context.

To switch windows, you can send the desired window index to the Unix socket located at /tmp/dwm-statusbar.sock. For example, to switch to window 1:

$ echo "1" | nc -U /tmp/dwm-statusbar.sock

Running the Status Bar

To run the status bar, simply build and execute your Rust project:

$ cargo build --release
$ ./target/release/dwm-statusbar

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.