Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..

From: Scytrin dai Kinthra <scytrin_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:08:09 -0700

use `xsetroot -name <status>` as dwm's status bar contents are now
derived from the name attribute of the root window.
It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 21:16, Don Harper <duckunix_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>  I am coming back to dwm after being away for a while.  I am now
> running 5.5, and my question is how do I get the status back in the bar?
> I used to run something like:
>
>  while true
>  do
>      #sswriter  -d "%m/%d/%y - %I:%M %p" -D eth0 wlan0 "--{ %b0 | M: %m S: %s | %n | %d }--\n"
>      status.sh
>      sleep 15
>  done | dwm
>
> But that does not work anymore.  I do not see on dwm.suckland.org or in
> the man page what I should be doing now...
>
> thanks!
>
> don
>
> --
> Don Harper, RHCE <duckunix@gmail.com>        http://www.donaldharper.com/
>
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>

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