Treat i3pystatus as launcher

i3pystatus/__init__.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ from i3pystatus.core.modules import Module, IntervalModule
 from i3pystatus.core.settings import SettingsBase
 from i3pystatus.core.util import formatp, get_module
 
+import argparse
+import imp
 import logging
 import os
 
@@ -25,9 +27,23 @@ logger.addHandler(handler)
 logger.setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
 
 
-def main():
+def clock_example():
     from i3pystatus.clock import Clock
 
     status = Status()
     status.register(Clock())
     status.run()
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='''
+        run i3pystatus configuration file. Starts i3pystatus clock example if no arguments were provided
+    ''')
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--config', help='path to configuration file', default=None, required=False)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.config:
+        module_name = "i3pystatus-config"
+        imp.load_source(module_name, args.config)
+    else:
+        clock_example()