flipflop133 / minimalist-bar

Minimalist status bar for i3wm.

Minimalist Bar

Building

Install dependencies

Arch

pacman -S cjson i3-wm xorg-server

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y libpulse-dev libx11-dev libxft-dev libcjson-dev libbluetooth-dev libfreetype6-dev i3-wm libxrandr-dev xserver-xorg-dev

Build the project

Building release build:

./build.sh

Building debug build:

./build.sh debug

Cleaning:

./build.sh clean

TODO (sorted by priority)

• put all magic values in config file (see TODO in code)
• add a xwindow module (to display windows name on the left)
• allow empty config file, so use default values
• allow missing config file options
• read config file path from program arguments
• create wiki to explain at least the config file

Stuff to add

• support including config file in config.json, so we can define a desktop.json config and a laptop.json, and include a base.json config in these files so we don't have to redefine common config options in each file
• reload the bar when the user modify and save the config file (use notify watch on the file)
• support custom modules
• add tray support
• support hover and clicks?
• handle text overflow of modules (carousel system?)
• allow custom icons for modules