i3status-rx

i3bar status command for i3wm

Installation

npm i i3status-rx

Usage

add this line to your ~/.config/i3/config

bar {
    status_command i3status-rx /path/to/your/sample-config.toml
}

optionally you can add volume control to your i3 config as well

bindsym XF86AudioMute exec amixer -q set Master toggle && pkill -SIGUSR1 i3status-rx
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec amixer -q set Master 5%+ unmute && pkill -SIGUSR1 i3status-rx
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec amixer -q set Master 5%- unmute && pkill -SIGUSR1 i3status-rx

Configuration

look at (or use) sample-config.toml. Each block uses defaults from default-config.toml. They can all be overridden in your config file.