dwm-bar

Originl code: Joe Standring (original repo)

A modular statusbar for DWM

Table of Contents

• dwm-bar
  • Table of Contents
    • dwm_alsa
    • dwm_battery
    • dwm_keyboard
    • dwm_date
    • dwm_weather
    • dwm_network
    • dwm_openvpn
    • dvm_bluetooth
  • Installation
  • Quick Start
  • Customizing
  • Acknowledgements

dwm_alsa

Displays the current master volume of ALSA

 55%

Dependencies: alsa-utils

dwm_battery

Displays battery level and status

 43% dischr

dwm_keyboard

Displays the current keyboard layout

 en

dwm_date

Displays the current date and time

 Mon 06-05-19 21:31:58]

dwm_weather

Displays the current weather provided by wttr.in

 +4°C

Make it works:

cd misc
cp weather.service weather.timer ~/.config/systemd/user
systemctl --user enable weather.service weather.timer
systemctl --user start weather.service weather.timer

dwm_network

Displays the current network connection, private IP, and public IP

 HomeWifi

Dependencies: nmcli

dwm_openvpn

Displays the current OpenVPN connection

 tun | 172.246.163.117

dvm_bluetooth

Displays current bluetooth connections

 Galaxy Buds (A3E4)

Dependencies: sluez

Installation

1. Clone and enter the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/lisp3r/dwm-bar
    cd dwm-bar
   

2. Make the script executable

    chmod +x dwm_bar.sh
   

Quick Start

Simply run the script and dwm should display your bar:

./dwm_bar.sh

Most likely, you will need to change some values for functions to get them to work - these are outlined with a comment for functions where this is likely the case.

If you would like your bar to be displayed when X starts, add this to your .xinitrc file before launching dwm. For example, if the script is located in /home/$USER/dwm-bar/:

# Statusbar
/home/$USER/dwm-bar/dwm_status.sh &

# Start dwm
exec dwm

Customizing

dwm-bar is completley modular, meaning you can mix and match functions to your hearts content. It's functions are located in the bar-functions/ subdirectory and included in dwm_bar.sh.

If you want to make your own function, for example dwm_myfunction.sh, you should create it in the bar-functions/ subdirectory before including it in dwm_bar.sh:

load_module 'dwm_myfucntion'

Acknowledgements

Code for some functions was modified from:

• Klemens Nanni
• @boylemic
• Parket Johnson
• suckless.org