In xmobar, we can add an applet called PipeReader, which does its name says.
I use it to add some customized info, such as volume. I wrap aumix in a
script to write current volume into a named pipe /tmp/cur-vol, then add an
applet "PipeReader /tmp/cur-vol" into xmobar's template. Then whenever I
use that script to change volume, the volume info on xmobar is changed
instantly.
Is it possible to add such an PipeReader to i3status? It's quite flexible,
because it can display any info. It's also efficient, because it does not
need periodic update.
lars
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Michael Stapelberg <
michael+i3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <michael%2Bi3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi,
Excerpts from Chengqi Song's message of 2010-06-09 17:50:41 +0200:
thanks. is there anyway to display CPU%, MEM% and audio volume usingCPU:
CPU usage is hard to measure in a good way and also it’s not really
interesting. For a notebook, it’s more interesting how long your CPU can
stay in sleep states, see powertop(1) for that.
Memory:
Also hard to measure. Usually, you should not care about memory, unless
your computer starts swapping when you use it. Apart from that, you should
trust your OS to handle memory as good as possible.
For audio volume we have a ticket, but it’s not implemented yet.
Best regards,
Michael