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With i3blocks-contrib stupid layout, your commands need to look like this, eg:
With the newer config of separated scripts in i3blocks-contrib, your commands need to look like this, eg:
  [volume]
  [volume]
  command=$SCRIPT_DIR/volume/volume
  command=volume/volume


I like a space after the label.  To do that, add ONLY a space after the unicode symbol, eg:
I like a space after the label.  To do that, add ONLY a space after the unicode symbol, eg:
  label=♪[__one_space__]
  label=♪[__one_space__]

Revision as of 15:56, 7 April 2020

Installation

Get it from github:

cd ~/apps
git clone [email protected]:vivien/i3blocks.git
cd i3blocks
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
cd ~/.config
git clone [email protected]:vivien/i3blocks-contrib.git i3blocks
cd i3blocks && cp config.example config

Then update the status_command in your i3 config:

   status_command SCRIPT_DIR=~/.config/i3blocks /usr/local/bin/i3blocks

Config

There are tons of dotfiles out there. Edit mine here:

.config/i3blocks/config

With the newer config of separated scripts in i3blocks-contrib, your commands need to look like this, eg:

[volume]
command=volume/volume

I like a space after the label. To do that, add ONLY a space after the unicode symbol, eg:

label=♪[__one_space__]