Vertical dzen statusbar? [SOLVED]

Question

this started out as a let's-see-if-it's-possible sort of thing, and now it's driving me mad that I can't figure this out. I'm attempting to make dzen + conky act as a statusbar, positioned vertically on the left side of my screen. my current .xinitrc line is:
conky -c /home/bryant/conkyrc | dzen2 -x '0' -w '60' -h '900' -ta 'l' -bg '#000000' -fg '#00ee00' -y '50' -fn '-*-terminus-*-r-normal-*-*-130-*-*-*-*-*-*'&
my conky config is:
background no
out_to_console yes
background no
out_to_console yes
update_interval 1.0
short_units yes
format_human_readable yes
out_to_x no
TEXT
{${time %a %b %d %Y}
${time %H:%M:%S}}
[RAM: $memperc%]
[CPU: $cpu%]
[disk I/O: ${diskio_write /dev/sda}/${diskio_read /dev/sda}]
[SSD: ${fs_used /}/${fs_size /} (${fs_used_perc /}%)]
${if_existing /proc/net/route wlp1s0}[network: ${wireless_essid wlp1s0} (${wireless_link_qual_perc wlp1s0}%)] $else [network: -- ]$endif
${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1}[battery: ${battery_percent BAT1}%,
(${battery_time BAT1})] $else ${if_existing /sys/class/power_supply/ADP1} [AC power] $else [battery: -- ]$endif
I realize that most of this won't fit in a 40-pixel bar, but I'm still working out the formatting. dzen positions itself properly, but it only displays part of the fist line no matter how wide I make it.
Last edited by ParanoidAndroid (2013-07-16 05:19:14)

Answer 1

Sweet. Got it working properly. But a new problem has popped up: xmonad won't reserve space for it, despite using the avoidStruts and manageDocks in the proper way. Here is my xmonad.hs:
import XMonad
import System.Exit
import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W
import qualified Data.Map as M
import XMonad.Util.Run
import XMonad.Actions.CycleWS
import Graphics.X11.ExtraTypes.XF86
import Graphics.X11.Xlib
import XMonad.Prompt
import XMonad.Prompt.Shell
import XMonad.Prompt.XMonad
import XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog
import XMonad.Hooks.ManageDocks
import XMonad.Hooks.UrgencyHook
-- layout
myLayout = avoidStruts (tiled ||| Mirror tiled ||| Full)
where
-- default tiling algorithm partitions the screen into two panes
tiled = Tall nmaster delta ratio
-- The default number of windows in the master pane
nmaster = 1
-- Default proportion of screen occupied by master pane
ratio = 1/2
-- Percent of screen to increment by when resizing panes
delta = 3/100
-- window rules
myManageHook = composeAll
[ className =? "MPlayer" --> doFloat
-- , className =? "Gimp" --> doFloat
, className =? "feh" --> doFloat
, resource =? "desktop_window" --> doIgnore ]
myKeys conf@(XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modMask}) = M.fromList $
[ ((mod4Mask, xK_x ), kill) -- close window
, ((modMask, xK_q), restart "xmonad" True)
, ((mod4Mask, xK_m ), nextWS) -- move to next workspace
, ((mod4Mask, xK_n ), prevWS) -- move to prev workspace
, ((mod4Mask .|. mod1Mask, xK_m ), shiftToNext) -- move window to next workspace
, ((mod4Mask .|. mod1Mask, xK_n ), shiftToPrev) -- move window to prev workspace
, ((mod4Mask, xK_o ), windows W.swapMaster) -- push to master
, ((mod4Mask, xK_i ), windows W.focusMaster)
, ((mod4Mask, xK_h), sendMessage Shrink) -- shrink the master area
, ((modMask, xK_comma ), sendMessage (IncMasterN 1))
, ((modMask, xK_period ), sendMessage (IncMasterN (-1)))
, ((mod4Mask, xK_j ), windows W.focusDown) -- swap the focused window with the next window
, ((mod4Mask, xK_0 ), (setLayout $ XMonad.layoutHook conf)) --Reset layout to workspaces default
, ((mod4Mask, xK_k ), windows W.focusUp) -- swap thefocused window with the previous window
, ((mod4Mask, xK_l ), sendMessage Expand) -- expand the master area
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_q), io (exitWith ExitSuccess)) -- quit xmonad
, ((0, xK_Print ), spawn "/home/bryant/.scripts/screenshot")
, ((mod4Mask, xK_BackSpace ), spawn "/home/bryant/.scripts/screenlock")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_r ), spawn "/home/bryant/.scripts/remind-notify")
, ((mod4Mask, xK_space ), spawn "/home/bryant/.scripts/touchpadtoggle")
, ((mod4Mask, xK_semicolon ), spawn "dmenu_run -b -p Run: -nf green -sb green -nb black -sf black -fn 'Terminus-16' -h 23")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_Return), spawn "urxvtc")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_3 ), spawn "urxvtc -e calc")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_a ), spawn "urxvtc -e mocp")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_m ), spawn "urxvtc -e htop")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_n ), spawn "urxvtc -e newsbeuter")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_c ), spawn "urxvtc -e wyrd")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_2 ), spawn "urxvtc -e mutt")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_e ), spawn "urxvtc -e vim")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_Home ), spawn "urxvtc -e ranger")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_p), spawn "urxvtc -e cboard")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_g ), spawn "gimp")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_d ), spawn "dwb")
, ((mod4Mask .|. shiftMask, xK_l ), spawn "urxvtc -e elinks")
, ((mod4Mask, xK_b ), spawn "sleep 0.5 && xset dpms force off")
, ((mod4Mask, xK_s ), spawn "systemctl suspend")
, ((0, 0x1008FF14 ), spawn "mocp -G")
, ((0, 0x1008FF17 ), spawn "mocp -f")
, ((0, 0x1008FF16 ), spawn "mocp -r")
, ((0, xK_F6 ), spawn "/usr/bin/mute_toggle")
, ((0, xK_F7 ), spawn "/usr/bin/vol_down")
, ((0, xK_F8 ), spawn "/usr/bin/vol_up") ]
myLogHook = dynamicLog
main = do
xmonad $ defaultConfig
-- override settings
terminal = "urxvtc"
, borderWidth = 1
, modMask = mod4Mask
, workspaces = ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10"]
, normalBorderColor = "#000000"
, focusedBorderColor = "#00ee00"
, focusFollowsMouse = False
, layoutHook = myLayout
, manageHook = myManageHook <+> manageDocks
, handleEventHook = docksEventHook
, logHook = myLogHook
, keys = myKeys