[Solved] I3 WM: date and time in statusbar?

Question

Hey, just recently switched from xmonad to I3 and so far I really like it (never got around to learn haskell). The only thing still missing is to display at least the current time and maybe also the date in the statusbar. I at least couldn't find anything in the docs or manpage, so maybe there is no way to do that?
Last edited by JonathanArcher (2010-04-06 19:37:41)

Answer 1

What does i3-msg bb do?
I start the script from xinitrc. Here's mine:
.xinitrc:
exec i3 --force-xinerama &
sh startup.sh
and the startup script:
i="1"
feh --bg-scale /media/sdb1/Documents/wall2copia.png
while [ $i = 1 ]
do
DATE=$(date)
MEMINFO=$(sed -n -e '3d' -e '1,4p' /proc/meminfo | awk '{printf "%d ", $2 }')
UPTIME=$(uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g')
QUALITY=$(sed -e '1,2d' /proc/net/wireless | cut -d" " -f6,7)
UNAME=$(uname -a | cut -d" " -f1,2,3)
TEMPS=$(sensors | awk '/C/ { print $3}' | xargs | cut -d" " -f1,2,3,4)
echo "^fg(white)$DATE^fg(grey) | $UNAME | ^fg(white)^i(mem.xbm)^fg(grey) T/F/C $MEMINFO | ^fg(white)^i(net-wifi.xbm) $QUALITY ^fg(grey)| ^fg(white)^i(cpu.xbm)^fg(grey) $UPTIME | ^fg(white)^i(temp.xbm)^fg(grey) $TEMPS"
sleep 5
done | dzen2 -x 150 -y 1005 -w 1050 -bg black -fg grey -fn fixed