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CONTRIBUTERS was created with `git log --format=%aN" |sort -u > CONTRIBUTORS`.

This makes the README more manageable and more on point, it also provides a
complete list of all contributors.

A list of contributors is in all likelyhood of secondary interst at best when
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i3pystatus
==========
.. image:: http://golem.enkore.de/job/i3pystatus-dev/badge/icon
:target: http://golem.enkore.de/job/i3pystatus-dev/
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:target: https://travis-ci.org/enkore/i3pystatus
i3pystatus is a growing collection of python scripts for
status output compatible to i3status / i3bar of the i3 window manager.
Installation
------------
.. note:: Supported Python versions
i3pystatus requires Python 3.2 or newer and is not compatible with
Python 2.x. Some modules require additional dependencies
documented in the docs.
From PyPI package `i3pystatus <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/i3pystatus>`_
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
::
pip install i3pystatus
Packages for your OS
++++++++++++++++++++
* `Arch Linux <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3pystatus/>`_ (stable
release)
* `Arch Linux <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3pystatus-git/>`_ (latest
version)
Documentation
-------------
`All further user documentation has been moved here. <http://docs.enkore.de/i3pystatus>`_
Changelog
---------
`Located here. <http://docs.enkore.de/i3pystatus/changelog.html>`_
Contributors
------------
A list of all contributors can be found in `CONTRIBUTORS <http://github.com/enkore/i3pystatus/CONTRIBUTORS>`_.
Particular noteworthy contributors are former maintainer Jan Oliver Oelerich and
current maintainer enkore.
Contribute
----------
To contribute a module, make sure it uses one of the ``Module`` classes. Most modules
use ``IntervalModule``, which just calls a function repeatedly in a specified interval.
The ``output`` attribute should be set to a dictionary which represents your modules output,
the protocol is documented `here <http://i3wm.org/docs/i3bar-protocol.html>`_.
Developer documentation is available in the source code and `here
<http://docs.enkore.de/i3pystatus>`_.
**Patches and pull requests are very welcome :-)**