[SOLVED] How to draw basic images into the i3 status bar?

ArchAddict · 2014-09-07 01:20:32

For example, in this dwm config, in the top right there are images for mail and sound etc.

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/ … 4wy9du.png

I really like this and I am already using conky to send JSON content to status_command, I have colors worked out, but how can I render images?

Last edited by ArchAddict (2014-09-08 14:05:36)

jasonwryan · 2014-09-07 01:24:13

That screesnhot isn't of sufficient resolution to accurately determine, but it is probably just one of the hacked fonts with those glyphs (something like termsyn). There are threads in Community Contributions with the details...

ArchAddict · 2014-09-07 01:27:07

jasonwryan wrote:

That screesnhot isn't of sufficient resolution to accurately determine, but it is probably just one of the hacked fonts with those glyphs (something like termsyn). There are threads in Community Contributions with the details...

Thanks for the swift reply jason.

Here is a better image: http://i.imgur.com/eEtfI.png

I can see why hacked fonts would work, are you sure that its indeed a hacked font?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2014-09-07 02:00:12

@OP: do you mean like this:
http://jasonwryan.com/blog/2009/11/21/d … li-in-dwm/
It's a very old blog post though -- @jasonwryan using yaourt?
Surely not...

Also: https://github.com/ashinkarov/i3-extras … cons.patch

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2014-09-07 02:01:59)

ArchAddict · 2014-09-07 02:32:08

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

@OP: do you mean like this:
http://jasonwryan.com/blog/2009/11/21/d … li-in-dwm/
It's a very old blog post though -- @jasonwryan using yaourt?
Surely not...

Also: https://github.com/ashinkarov/i3-extras … cons.patch

This is exactly what I needed. It seems like they are xbm files containing bits, interesting. Would I be able to implement this into the conky JSON array that I send to status_command through conky? If so, how would I?

progandy · 2014-09-07 02:51:10

I use FontAwesome unicode codepoints for my icons, my i3 font is set like this:

font pango:Cousine, FontAwesome 8

Edit: my i3status config is like this then, for conky, just make sure it sends the utf8 icon character to i3bar.

tztime local {
        format = " %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
}

Last edited by progandy (2014-09-07 02:57:28)

jasonwryan · 2014-09-07 03:21:55

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

It's a very old blog post though -- @jasonwryan using yaourt?
Surely not...

We all have our dirty laundry.

ANOKNUSA · 2014-09-07 05:51:25

Using Font Awesome as Progandy suggested is the easiest way to do this, though there is a patched version of i3bar that can use the xbm icons in the above screenshots.

teateawhy · 2014-09-07 18:36:18

I read about a bar that could draw images and html a while ago, here it is:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=177726
Other than that i know nothing about it.

ArchAddict · 2014-09-08 14:05:16

ANOKNUSA wrote:

Using Font Awesome as Progandy suggested is the easiest way to do this, though there is a patched version of i3bar that can use the xbm icons in the above screenshots.

Used FontAwesome and got a really nice setup going, thanks for the help guys.

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[SOLVED] How to draw basic images into the i3 status bar?

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