simple-i3blocks

This is a simple collection of i3blocks-modules accompagnied by a config file with the aim to display only important information in favor of not spilling lots of numbers into the status bar. I.e. only the amount of left RAM is displayed as this is - in my point of view - the most important information we like to know most of the times.

Requirements

Install i3 window manager alongside with i3blocks and git. The following shows the requirements for each module:

module      dependency
--------------------------
audio,mic   amixer
battery     none, searches in /sys/class/power_supply/BAT...
cpu         top
datetime    date
ip          curl
ram,swap    none, searches in /proc/meminfo
storage     df
backlight   none, searches in /sys/class/backlight, intel and ati/amd supported

Install

• Clone this repo to ~/.config/i3blocks. Remember to back up you existing configs and scripts inside that directory if you already created them.

git clone https://will.kein.hk/git/koksnuss/simple-i3blocks.git ~/.config/i3blocks

• Adjust ~/.config/i3blocks/config to control i3 status bar output (see Usage). Finally reload your i3 window manager.
• The default shortcut is mod + SHIFT + r, you should see a flickering.

Usage

Via the instance id you can choose:

• instance=short in every module provides even shorter output without units
• instance=swap in the module ram to show swap usage
• instance=1 in the module battery to show the status of BAT1 of you have more than one battery attached to your device.

Roadmap

Modules

• datetime
• ram, swap
• cpu
• audio, mic
• storage
• ip
• battery
• backlight
• wifi/ethernet/bluetooth
• external storage
• ethernet bandwith

Click interactions

• datetime: left: show date, middle: show date and time, right: show time
• audio, mic: toggle mute
• external storage: mount it somewhere

Signals

• audio, mic
• backlight

Other

• nice icons as labels