i3situation - alternative to i3status

[wei2912]

I recently found i3situation at https://github.com/HarveyHunt/i3situation which seems like a pretty good alternative to i3status.

I currently have the following config file:

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[general]
interval = 1
logging_level = ERROR
log_file = ~/.config/i3situation/log.txt

[reddit]
plugin = reddit
mode = front
username = wei2912
password = <HIDDEN>
interval = 60

[time]
plugin = date_time
time_zone = Singapore

Attached a screenshot of what this config looks like.

I think this has potential if people are willing to help code up plugins. The plugins are in Python and really easy to work with. Also, configuration is almost painless.

Some ideas:

• the reddit plugin could launch a browser with the specified URL on click
• weather plugin

I'm curious to see what people here might come up with. :)

[wuxmedia]

hmm, interesting.... Thanks for the post!

[wei2912]

I went further to take a look at what the Reddit plugin can go, and now I have a nice news feed.

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[general]
interval = 1
logging_level = ERROR
log_file = ~/.config/i3situation/log.txt

[worldnews]
plugin = reddit
username = wei2912
password = <HIDDEN>

mode = subreddit
subreddits = worldnews
format = title

[time]
plugin = date_time
time_zone = Singapore

Screenshot attached, as always.

[rhowaldt]

cool. how about an avatar Mr Meadow?

[dkeg]

let's give him one.

Thanks for sharing.

[machinebacon]

^ done :D

[dkeg]

Perfect!

[wei2912]

Thanks for the avatar :D

[rhowaldt]

^ looks good on you! :D

[kiiroitori]

Thanks for this wei2912 (great avatar by the way!),
I thought I'd bloat a bit my i3 set-up so I gave it a try. I couldn't change the time format without getting an error though so I am back to a bar-free i3 but I might give this another try later. I followed the instructions on the source page so I guess it is a bug rather than a mistake on my side but I am not sure. Anyway, thanks for your post!

[wei2912]

Thanks for this wei2912 (great avatar by the way!),
I thought I'd bloat a bit my i3 set-up so I gave it a try. I couldn't change the time format without getting an error though so I am back to a bar-free i3 but I might give this another try later. I followed the instructions on the source page so I guess it is a bug rather than a mistake on my side but I am not sure. Anyway, thanks for your post!

What's the time format you used?

[kiiroitori]

I tried short_format=%H%M and some other variations with no luck. Did you manage to use a different format than the default one?

[Alad]

[topic derail]

Here's a similar alternative; not as extensible, but it's in C! ;)

https://github.com/lynix/mi3stat

[/topic derail]

[harveyhunt]

Hello everyone, I am glad to see that you're interested in i3situation- I am the developer of it and would love to hear some ideas that you have.

Wei2912 has already helped out with some code (I responded to your issue the other day with a new commit- try it out).

kiiroitori I am sorry that it didn't work out for you first time- could you send me the error message etc? Might be a good idea to file an issue on github so that we can make sure we get it sorted. :)

[machinebacon]

Hello Harvey, welcome to the grill and thank you for i3situation :)

[rhowaldt]

welcome tot he BBQ, and thanks for devving so nicely with all the support and whatnot :)

[harveyhunt]

Thanks guy, what a nice welcome. :)
I will be honest, I hadn't heard of LinuxBBQ before but it seems awesome- I will definitely post on here when I finish up some more projects.

[dkeg]

Right on Harvey, and welcome.

[rhowaldt]

^^ we try to keep low-key. popularity attracts idiots ;)

[kiiroitori]

kiiroitori I am sorry that it didn't work out for you first time- could you send me the error message etc? Might be a good idea to file an issue on github so that we can make sure we get it sorted. :)

No worries! I found out that most of the bugs in softwares come actually from me not reading properly the man page/documentation...

It stops working when I added the short_format line:

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[general]
interval = 1
logging_level = ERROR
log_file = ~/.config/i3situation/log.txt

[time]
plugin = date_time
short_format=%H:%M:%S
color = #FFFFFF

About the error message, I get a "Error: status_command process exited unexpectedly (exit 1)", which doesn't tell you nothing so I attached the log file.

log.txt

Here's the log.txt!

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I guess I should write on github but before that, I thought I'd check with you here as it is likely to be something trivial...and Rhowaldt is right, I can do a great job at being idiot so I am not sure we need more!