dwm-status

DWM status service which dynamically updates when needed. Heavily inspired by i3status-rust.

Example status bar:

L 30% / MUTE / - 25% (01:05) / 2018-03-16 21:25

If an error occures, notifications via libnotify are sent.

Requirements

Cargo, rustc and lib{dbus,gdk-pixbuf,glib,notify}-dev are required to build the binary. To set the status text xsetroot is used.

Build and run

$ # dev mode
$ cargo run -- <config-file>
$ # release mode
$ cargo build --release
$ ./target/release/dwm-status <config-file>

Or install globally to ~/.cargo/bin:

$ cargo install

Configuration

The config-file contains one feature per line, e.g.:

audio
battery
time

Features

Audio

Shows either MUTE or the current volume like S 52%. Listens on alsactl monitor for changes.

alsa-utils are required.

Backlight

Shows backlight value like L 23% and watches /sys/class/backlight for changes.

Battery

Shows following information:

Watches /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT1 dbus signals for updates.

If discharging and the capacity is under specific values, warning notifications with urgency normal or critical are sent.

Time

Shows time in format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM and refreshes every minute.