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.

The upower daemon has to be running for the battery feature for receiving DBus messages.

$ # 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

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

audio
battery
time

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

alsa-utils are required.

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

Shows following information:

status	example	notes
charging	`▲ 10% (01:23)`	In parentheses time to full
discharging	`▼ 50% (02:03)`	In parentheses time to empty

battery count	example	notes
0	`NO BATT`
1	`▼ 50% (02:03)`
2	`▼ 50% (02:03) · 50% (02:03)`	Batteries ordered alphabetically by name

Watches UPower DBus signals for added or removed batteries and changes of battery states.

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

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