[SOLVED] Xmobar syntax problem possibly wrong

Question

I'm configuring xmobar to my needs as shown in my configuration file:
Config { font = "-*-Fixed-Bold-R-Normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
, bgColor = "black"
, fgColor = "grey"
, position = Static{xpos=0, ypos=0, width=1905, height=16}
, lowerOnStart = True
, commands = [ Run Cpu ["-L","3","-H","50","--normal","green","--high","red"] 10
, Run Memory ["-t","<usedratio>%"] 10
, Run Date "%a %b %_d %Y %H:%M:%S" 10
, Run Com "/home/josealejandro93/scripts/volume.sh" [] "volume" 10
, Run Com "/home/josealejandro93/scripts/bstatus.sh" [] "bstatus" 10
, Run Battery ["-t","<left>%","-L","50","-H","75","-h","green","-n","yell","-l","red"] "battery" 10
, Run Com "/home/josealejandro93/scripts/brightness.sh" [] "bright" 10
, Run Com "/home/josealejandro93/scripts/user.sh" [] "user" 500
, Run StdinReader
, sepChar = "%"
, alignSep = "}{"
, template = "%StdinReader%}<fc=#ee9a00>%date%</fc>{Vol: <fc=green>%volume%</fc> | [Bat: %battery% | Status: %bstatus%] | Brightness: <fc=green>%bright%</fc> | [%cpu% | Mem: <fc=green>%memory%</fc>] | <fc=#ff0000>%user%</fc> "
I can't see anything wrong in that code but Xmobar is not starting (previously it was, after a reboot my battery indicator was not working so I tried to mess around with the configuration file and broke it). When I run
xmobar config.file
I get:
configuration file contains errors at:
"Config" (line 16, column 10):
unexpected "s"
expecting space or "Run"
But I don't see why it should be asking for a space or a
Run
since I'm closing the commands list one line above.
This file was made with emacs and I also ran dos2unix on it since I thought that maybe the new-line character was causing this problem but still got the same result.
Do you think that maybe I should try another editor like nano? I have never had this kind of problems with emacs before so it's quite strange.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Last edited by josealejandro93 (2013-12-14 19:25:42)

Answer 1

skottish wrote:I was able to run your xmobarrc with the changes that I posted locally without your scripts. The scripts themselves shouldn't matter as xmobar just complains about them in the status bar itself. There is some inconsistency with spacing when I pasted your code into vim, but it still runs if I don't fix it. Please post your updated config file.
Here it is:
Config { font = "-*-Fixed-Bold-R-Normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
, bgColor = "black"
, fgColor = "grey"
, position = Static{xpos=0, ypos=0, width=1905, height=16}
, lowerOnStart = True
, commands = [ Run Cpu ["-L","3","-H","50","--normal","green","--high","red"] 10
, Run Memory ["-t","<usedratio>%"] 10
, Run Date "%a %b %_d %Y %H:%M:%S" "date" 10"
, Run Com "/home/josealejandro93/scripts/volume.sh" [] "volume" 10
, Run Com "/home/josealejandro93/scripts/bstatus.sh" [] "bstatus" 10
, Run Battery ["-t","<left>%","-L","50","-H","75","-h","green","-n","yell","-l","red"] 10
, Run Com "/home/josealejandro93/scripts/brightness.sh" [] "bright" 10
, Run Com "/home/josealejandro93/scripts/user.sh" [] "user" 500
, Run StdinReader
, sepChar = "%"
, alignSep = "}{"
, template = "%StdinReader%}<fc=#ee9a00>%date%</fc>{Vol: <fc=green>%volume%</fc> | [Bat: %battery% | Status: %bstatus%] | Brightness: <fc=green>%bright%</fc> | [%cpu% | Mem: <fc=green>%memory%</fc>] | <fc=#ff0000>%user%</fc> "
I tried deleting those lines where I call my script but I get the same error about expecting space or Run