The wmii thread

samuele.mattiuzzo · 2010-01-28 22:25:28

this is what i wanted i don't want to change tag names, having tags named 1,2,3,4, i just want to categorize them (like "what's in 1 is WEB, in 2 is DEV, in 3 is LOL")
thanks mate

actually, searching for the correct tag with a mod-t is pretty uncomfortable... better mod-number

samuele.mattiuzzo · 2010-01-29 12:53:36

skualito, sorry to bother you anymore, but your configuration doesn't work... actually, mod-<1...0> doesn't switch any view... it all sticks to view number one... i also ripristinated old wmiirc with view "$i" but still sticking to view number one...

skualito · 2010-01-29 15:47:49

samuele.mattiuzzo wrote:

skualito, sorry to bother you anymore, but your configuration doesn't work... actually, mod-<1...0> doesn't switch any view... it all sticks to view number one... i also ripristinated old wmiirc with view "$i" but still sticking to view number one...

Hmmm, it works for me here... Mod-1 goes to "dev" and mod-2 to "web". Can you post the relevant parts of your wmiirc ?

samuele.mattiuzzo · 2010-01-29 21:53:37

    for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
        cat <<!
    # 1=www, 2=com, 3=dev, 4=sys, 5=media
#    Key $MODKEY-1
#           wmiir xwrite /ctl view "www"
#    Key $MODKEY-2
#           wmiir xwrite /ctl view "com"
#    Key $MODKEY-5
#           wmiir xwrite /ctl view "media"
#       Key $MODKEY-3 
#           wmiir xwrite /ctl view "dev"
#    Key $MODKEY-4
#           wmiir xwrite /ctl view "sys"
    # numbered views
    Key $MODKEY-$i
           wmiir xwrite /ctl view "$i"

    Key $MODKEY-Shift-$i
        wmiir xwrite /client/sel/tags "$i"
!
    done

this is my actual wmiirc in /etc, i commented out the personalized lines, but still $MODKEY-$i doesn't work

skualito · 2010-01-30 09:40:33

You can try remove all the lines you added in /etc/wmiirc and edit your wmiirc_local instead:

local_events() {
            for i in 1 2; do
                     cat <<!
Key $MODKEY-1
              wmiir xwrite /ctl view "dev"
Key $MODKEY-2
              wmiir xwrite /ctl view "web"
Key $MODKEY-Shift-1
              wmiir xwrite /client/sel/tags "dev"
Key $MODKEY-Shift-2
              wmiir xwrite /client/sel/tags "web"
!
              done
}

This works fine for me.

n0dix · 2010-02-05 03:41:01

I have a problem with the configuration file wmiirc.
Here the file: http://pastebin.com/m5d9feb07
And the error i get is:

wmii: note: missing fontsets for '-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*': KSC5601.1987-0, GB2312.1980-0
/home/alucard/.wmii-3.5/wmiirc: line 248: warning: here-document at line 51 delimited by end-of-file (wanted `!')
/home/alucard/.wmii-3.5/wmiirc: line 249: syntax error: unexpected end of file

I think the big problem is not the font.

Aedit · 2010-02-05 03:58:12

Don't indent the ! on lines 157 and 164.

n0dix · 2010-02-05 04:25:42

Aedit wrote:

Don't indent the ! on lines 157 and 164.

This solved the issue.
Thanks Aedit.

n0dix · 2010-02-05 05:01:21

A new problem:

/home/alucard/.wmii-3.5/wmiirc: line 205: Action_status: command not found
/home/alucard/.wmii-3.5/wmiirc: line 206: conf_which: command not found

Aedit · 2010-02-05 11:50:09

The indentation in eventstuff() has been lost. See /etc/wmii-3.5/wmiirc and man wmiiloop.

n0dix · 2010-02-05 13:43:16

Aedit wrote:

The indentation in eventstuff() has been lost. See /etc/wmii-3.5/wmiirc and man wmiiloop.

I solved the problem. Yes, the indentation of the file is the problem. Thanks again.

bp3m · 2010-02-16 01:19:03

Hi all,

i'm playing with archlinux and wmii and i'd like to share my workaround to display in wmii status bar the output of conky. I'am using latest version of wmii-hg from AUR and latest version of conky from extra repo. I'm working on a virtualbox virtual machine.

In .conkyrc config file i use the setting overwrite_file to write the conkyoutput to a file in my home named .conky2wmii.
I also configure the TEXT section for a single line layout. My .conkyrc:

out_to_x no
background no
cpu_avg_samples no
net_avg_samples no
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
update interval 2.0
uppercase no
user_space none
ovewrite_file /home/username/.conky2wmii

TEXT
$sysname $kernel $machine CPU:$cpu% RAM:$memperc% Swap:$swapperc% Proc:$processes Hdd:$fs_used_perc% UP:${upspeed eth0} Down:${downspeed eth0} $time

In wmiirc_local in my .wmii-hg folder i simply overwriting the standard status function from wmiir with a read from my file .conky2wmii

status(){
            cat /home/username/.conky2wmii
}

I then configure conky to start on wmii startup adding on wmiirc_local in my .wmii-hg folder the command

conky &

and i configure conky to be killed on wmii quit action adding to the quit action section in /etc/wmii-hg/wmiirc the code

Action quit
          wmiir xwrite /ctl quit 
          pkill conky

I don't know if its' the best solution but this works quite well for me and i hope could be useful, this thread was very useful for me

syre · 2010-02-16 08:35:37

I've wanted to replace the default statusbar in my wmii with another statusbar like conky, mainly because conky is easier to use in my opinion.
So it looks like your post is just up my alley, good job, i'll try it when i get home

n0dix · 2010-03-10 18:40:16

How to split the windows vertically and not horizontally?
If i want transparency in urxvt i need the AUR package? or i can have it with the ABS package?

n0dix · 2010-03-10 23:18:10

I can split windows vertically.
But still want to know is it possible to get tranparency in urxvt using ABS package?

disturb · 2010-03-19 04:01:03

I remember stumbling on a patch that disabled the title bars on windows, but can't find it anymore.
Not being able to get rid of those is my only gripe with wmii, I hope someone here knows about it...

N30N · 2010-03-21 12:20:34

disturb wrote:

I remember stumbling on a patch that disabled the title bars on windows, but can't find it anymore.
Not being able to get rid of those is my only gripe with wmii, I hope someone here knows about it...

It can be done using a negative fontpad (/ctl) but you will loose the main bar too.

rent0n · 2010-04-11 13:48:31

Hi,
Anyone knows how do I add actions like shutdown and reboot to the wmii actions menu ($MODKEY-a)?

lagagnon · 2010-04-11 14:00:08

rent0n wrote:

Anyone knows how do I add actions like shutdown and reboot to the wmii actions menu ($MODKEY-a)?

Here is the #Actions section of my ~/.wmii-3.5/wmiirc file:

# Actions
    Action quit
        wmiir xwrite /ctl quit
    Action shutdown
        sudo shutdown -h now
    Action exec
        wmiir xwrite /ctl exec "$@"
    Action reboot
        sudo reboot
    Action rehash
        proglist $PATH >$progsfile
    Action status
        set +xv
        if wmiir remove /rbar/status 2>/dev/null; then
            sleep 2
        fi
        echo "$WMII_NORMCOLORS" | wmiir create /rbar/status
        while status | wmiir write /rbar/status; do
            sleep 1
        done

You will need sudo and shutdown/reboot in your sudoers file to do this. See the wiki.

rent0n · 2010-04-11 14:08:31

Thanks, much easier than I thought.
Btw, what's the meaning of the exec and rc.wmii actions?

Last edited by rent0n (2010-04-11 14:09:37)

rent0n · 2010-04-11 17:30:16

bp3m wrote:

Hi all,
i'm playing with archlinux and wmii and i'd like to share my workaround to display in wmii status bar the output of conky. I'am using latest version of wmii-hg from AUR and latest version of conky from extra repo. I'm working on a virtualbox virtual machine.
In .conkyrc config file i use the setting overwrite_file to write the conkyoutput to a file in my home named .conky2wmii.
I also configure the TEXT section for a single line layout. My .conkyrc:
out_to_x no
background no
cpu_avg_samples no
net_avg_samples no
no_buffers yes
out_to_console no
update interval 2.0
uppercase no
user_space none
ovewrite_file /home/username/.conky2wmii

TEXT
$sysname $kernel $machine CPU:$cpu% RAM:$memperc% Swap:$swapperc% Proc:$processes Hdd:$fs_used_perc% UP:${upspeed eth0} Down:${downspeed eth0} $time
In wmiirc_local in my .wmii-hg folder i simply overwriting the standard status function from wmiir with a read from my file .conky2wmii
status(){
            cat /home/username/.conky2wmii
}
I then configure conky to start on wmii startup adding on wmiirc_local in my .wmii-hg folder the command
conky &
and i configure conky to be killed on wmii quit action adding to the quit action section in /etc/wmii-hg/wmiirc the code
Action quit
          wmiir xwrite /ctl quit 
          pkill conky
I don't know if its' the best solution but this works quite well for me and i hope could be useful, this thread was very useful for me

I've just tried this method as I feel much more comfortable in taking information from conky rather than using sed and awk...

However, I've noticed that the hard disk is always active, probably because it continuously 'cats' the .conky2wmii file.
Can you confirm this?

Maybe there's a more direct way to pipe conky's output into wmii statusbar?

n0dix · 2010-04-12 00:15:44

How to get a nice status bar (mpd, cpu comsuption, etc).
I find several options but still i don't know, what is the best way to do it?:
1. Using sunaku's Ruby wmiirc
2. Using Wmii Filesystem
3. other way...

Well Archers, what do you suggest?
Btw, please, indicate how to install and configure.

TIA.

alexandrite · 2010-04-12 00:55:46

I just have a set of functions in wmiirc, each updating its own small statusbar, all put in /lbar.

Each sub-bar can be separately-colored, and you can have each of them pop up a different little OSD when you click them.

Installing and and configuring is pretty straightforward... Just paste the new functions into wmiirc and edit the "status" action to call them.

If you're interested, I can clean up my wmiirc a bit and paste the relevant bits here.

n0dix · 2010-04-12 02:30:48

alexandrite wrote:

If you're interested, I can clean up my wmiirc a bit and paste the relevant bits here.

That can be great!!!

rent0n · 2010-04-12 07:29:14

alexandrite wrote:

I just have a set of functions in wmiirc, each updating its own small statusbar, all put in /lbar.
Each sub-bar can be separately-colored, and you can have each of them pop up a different little OSD when you click them.
Installing and and configuring is pretty straightforward... Just paste the new functions into wmiirc and edit the "status" action to call them.
If you're interested, I can clean up my wmiirc a bit and paste the relevant bits here.

I would be *very* interested, please paste your config!

Last edited by rent0n (2010-04-12 07:29:32)

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