Re: [dwm] patch for colored status text

OK I think it's added now, but the preview page isn't working.

Jeremy

On Sat 06 Dec 2008 - 08:50AM, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> What about adding this patch to the wiki?
>
> Kind regards,
> Anselm
>
> 2008/12/4 Jeremy Jay <dinkumator_AT_gmail.com>:
> > Another simple patch for anyone interested. Changes the way colors are
> > defined slighty, allowing you to create more color combinations. Then,
> > to color the status text from stdin you can simply use the color combo # as
> > follows:
> >
> > echo -e "\x03 warning low battery" -- will be printed with the third color combo
> > echo -e "\x04 danger will robinson" -- will be printed with the fourth color combo
> > echo -e " normal text \x03 warning \x04 error \x01 normal again"
> >
> > For example, my colors in config.h are:
> > #define NUMCOLORS 4
> > static const char colors[NUMCOLORS][ColLast][8] = {
> > // border foreground background
> > { "#000033", "#dddddd", "#000033" }, // normal
> > { "#000088", "#ffffff", "#000088" }, // selected
> > { "#ff0000", "#000000", "#ffff00" }, // urgent/warning (black on yellow)
> > { "#ff0000", "#ffffff", "#ff0000" }, // error (white on red)
> > // add more here
> > };
> >
> > Which, coupled with my own status script results in things like the attached image.
> >
> > Hope someone else finds this handy, I let my battery die one too many
> > times because I never noticed how low it was...
> >
> > Jeremy
>
Received on Sat Dec 06 2008 - 18:24:20 UTC