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i3 / i3status

Generates status bar to use with i3bar, dzen2 or xmobar
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add tmux output format to i3status #484

Open oaken-source opened 2 years ago

oaken-source commented 2 years ago

This PR is an attempt of adding tmux as a supported output format to i3status.

tmux is a terminal multiplexer that combines multiple panes and screens with a configurable status bar, where i3status can be easily integrated by specifying the following line in tmux.conf:

set -g status-right '#(i3status)'

For an unmodified i3status, this already works as expected with the output_format set to 'none'. This PR adds 'tmux' as an additional option for output_format to enable more sophisticated output, such as colors.

tmux allows color codes in the status output in the following format:

#[fg=#abcdef]

and it is possible to reset all formatting using:

#[default]

There is one curveball, and that is that tmux requires all color hex codes to be lowercase because #F is a reserved identifier, so the following will not work as a valid color:

#[fg=#FF0000]

instead, it needs to be:

#[fg=#ff0000]

This PR addresses this behavior specifically for the tmux output_format. Everything else is very straightforward.

primeroz commented 1 year ago

I am really looking forward to this