gmbar provides a library and a set of programs for producing graphical multibars for dzen2.
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Homepage: http://linuxbox.fi/~vmj/gmbar/
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Download: http://linuxbox.fi/~vmj/gmbar/archive/
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Source code: http://github.com/vmj/gmbar
The program gmmembar(1) produces a system memory bar, showing how much memory is actively used, how much is used for file system buffers, and how much is cached. Following shows a typical invocation:
$ gmmembar --interval=5 --logfile=gmbar.log \
--width=100 --height=10 \
--margin=1 --padding=2 \
--fg=red --bg=none \
--used=red \
--buffers=orange \
--cached=yellow \
| dzen -x 15 -y 15 -w 100 -h 10
The program gmcpubar(1) produces a system CPU bar, showing how much CPU time is used in system, user, nice, and idle tasks. Following shows a typical invocation:
$ gmcpubar --interval=1 --logfile=gmbar.log \
--width=100 --height=10 \
--margin=1 --padding=0 \
--segment=1 --gap=1 \
--fg=none --bg="#444444" \
--kern=red \
--user=orange \
--nice=yellow \
--idle=none \
| dzen2 -x 15 -y 15 -w 100 -h 10
The included C library provides the ability to make custom graphical multibars easily easily.
At runtime, GNU C libraries on Linux.
To compile, GNU Make, AsciiDoc, and xmlto are required.
On Debian based systems, you can install asciidoc and xmlto packages.
On Slackware, linuxdoc-tools contains both the asciidoc and xmlto tools.
Type make install to install the tools into '/usr/local/bin' and
manual pages to '/usr/local/man'.
You can also define PREFIX to install gmbar in a different prefix:
make install PREFIX=/usr for example.
Similarly, there’s DESTDIR, BINDIR, MANDIR, and MAN1DIR for those who need them.
Original author and current maintainer is Mikko Värri (vmj@linuxbox.fi).