i3pystatus

i3pystatus is a (hopefully growing) collection of python scripts for status output compatible to i3status / i3bar of the i3 window manager.

Installation

To install it, follow these steps:

cd ~/.config/i3status/
git clone git@github.com:janoliver/i3pystatus contrib
cd contrib
cp wrapper.py.dist wrapper.py

Add the following to ~/.config/i3status/config:

general {
    output_format = "i3bar"
    colors = true
    interval = 5
}

Change your i3wm config to the following:

# i3bar
bar {
    status_command    i3status | python ~/.config/i3status/contrib/wrapper.py
    position          top
    workspace_buttons yes
}

And finally adjust the settings in ~/.config/i3status/contrib/wrapper.py as you like.

Modules

thunderbirdnewmail

Requires

• python-dbus
• python-gobject2

Settings

• format

modsde

Settings

• username
• password
• pause (delay between updates)
• offset (subtract number of posts before output)
• format

Contribute

To contribute a script, make sure it has a function output() that outputs valid json code that can be interpreted by i3status. The protocol is documented here: i3status Protocol.

Please add an example for how to configure it to wrapper.py.dist. It should be a python class that can be registered with the I3StatusHandler class.