Arch Linux

ghus

Banned

Registered: 2016-11-14

Posts: 420

[solved] i3 : icons on i3bar

Hi to everyone : I am sure there are solved posts about this , but I figure can't get up .
Trying to make work icons to the i3bar , I've downloaded  https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/font-awesome/ ( is it possible that just 2 days ago the https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf- … mments=all was flagged outdated ? ) , extracted ,  and makepkg -s ( not in the fonts folder ) , and install with

sudo pacman -U font-awesome-4.7.0-2-any.pkg.tar.xz 

.

I'm  using conky on i3bar : these are the config files

~/.config/i3/config

# This file has been auto-generated by i3-config-wizard(1).
# It will not be overwritten, so edit it as you like.
#
# Should you change your keyboard layout some time, delete
# this file and re-run i3-config-wizard(1).
#

# i3 config file (v4)
#
# Please see http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!

set $mod Mod4

# Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
# is used in the bar {} block below.
font pango:monospace 8

# This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
# text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
#font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8

# Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:
# font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1
# The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and
# clear in small sizes. However, its unicode glyph coverage is limited, the old
# X core fonts rendering does not support right-to-left and this being a bitmap
# font, it doesn’t scale on retina/hidpi displays.

# Use Mouse+$mod to drag floating windows to their wanted position
floating_modifier $mod

# start a terminal
bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal

# kill focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill

# start dmenu (a program launcher)
bindsym $mod+d exec dmenu_run
# There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications
# shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that
# installed.
#bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop

# change focus
bindsym $mod+j focus left
bindsym $mod+k focus down
bindsym $mod+l focus up
bindsym $mod+semicolon focus right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Left focus left
bindsym $mod+Down focus down
bindsym $mod+Up focus up
bindsym $mod+Right focus right

# move focused window
bindsym $mod+Shift+j move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+k move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+l move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+semicolon move right

# alternatively, you can use the cursor keys:
bindsym $mod+Shift+Left move left
bindsym $mod+Shift+Down move down
bindsym $mod+Shift+Up move up
bindsym $mod+Shift+Right move right

# split in horizontal orientation
bindsym $mod+h split h

# split in vertical orientation
bindsym $mod+v split v

# enter fullscreen mode for the focused container
bindsym $mod+f fullscreen toggle

# change container layout (stacked, tabbed, toggle split)
bindsym $mod+s layout stacking
bindsym $mod+w layout tabbed
bindsym $mod+e layout toggle split

# toggle tiling / floating
bindsym $mod+Shift+space floating toggle

# change focus between tiling / floating windows
bindsym $mod+space focus mode_toggle

# focus the parent container
bindsym $mod+a focus parent

# focus the child container
#bindsym $mod+d focus child

# switch to workspace
bindsym $mod+1 workspace 1
bindsym $mod+2 workspace 2
bindsym $mod+3 workspace 3
bindsym $mod+4 workspace 4
bindsym $mod+5 workspace 5
bindsym $mod+6 workspace 6
bindsym $mod+7 workspace 7
bindsym $mod+8 workspace 8
bindsym $mod+9 workspace 9
bindsym $mod+0 workspace 10

# move focused container to workspace
bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace 1
bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace 2
bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace 3
bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace 4
bindsym $mod+Shift+5 move container to workspace 5
bindsym $mod+Shift+6 move container to workspace 6
bindsym $mod+Shift+7 move container to workspace 7
bindsym $mod+Shift+8 move container to workspace 8
bindsym $mod+Shift+9 move container to workspace 9
bindsym $mod+Shift+0 move container to workspace 10

# reload the configuration file
bindsym $mod+Shift+c reload
# restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3)
bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart
# exit i3 (logs you out of your X session)
bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec "i3-nagbar -t warning -m 'You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session.' -b 'Yes, exit i3' 'i3-msg exit'"

# resize window (you can also use the mouse for that)
mode "resize" {
        # These bindings trigger as soon as you enter the resize mode

        # Pressing left will shrink the window’s width.
        # Pressing right will grow the window’s width.
        # Pressing up will shrink the window’s height.
        # Pressing down will grow the window’s height.
        bindsym j resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym k resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym l resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym semicolon resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt

        # same bindings, but for the arrow keys
        bindsym Left resize shrink width 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym Down resize grow height 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym Up resize shrink height 10 px or 10 ppt
        bindsym Right resize grow width 10 px or 10 ppt
        # back to normal: Enter or Escape

        bindsym Return mode "default"
        bindsym Escape mode "default"
}

bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"

# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
# finds out, if available)
bar {
    
     status_command $HOME/.config/i3/conky-i3bar



     font pango:Cousine,FontAwesome 8

 
    
     colors {
     
        background #000000
        statusline #ffffff
        separator #666666

        focused_workspace  #4c7899 #285577 #ffffff
        active_workspace   #333333 #5f676a #ffffff
        inactive_workspace #333333 #222222 #888888
        urgent_workspace   #2f343a #900000 #ffffff
        binding_mode       #2f343a #900000 #ffffff
              }
}

#wallpaper

exec --no-startup-id feh --bg-fill ~/Walls/anime.jpg




#volume

bindsym $mod+Page_Up exec --no-startup-id amixer -q set Master 3%+ -q
bindsym $mod+Page_Down exec --no-startup-id amixer -q set Master 3%- -q
bindsym $mod+End exec --no-startup-id amixer -q set Master toggle

#shortcuts

bindsym $mod+Shift+w exec --no-startup-id firefox
bindsym $mod+Shift+d exec --no-startup-id dolphin
bindsym $mod+Shift+a exec --no-startup-id audacious

~/.config/i3/conky-i3bar

# Send the header so that i3bar knows we want to use JSON:
echo '{"version":1}'

# Begin the endless array.
echo '['

# We send an empty first array of blocks to make the loop simpler:
echo '[],'

# Now send blocks with information forever:
exec conky -c $HOME/.config/i3/conkyrc

~/.config/i3/conkyrc

out_to_x no
own_window no
out_to_console yes
background no
max_text_width 0

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 2.0

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

# Shortens units to a single character (kiB->k, GiB->G, etc.). Default is off.
short_units yes

# How strict should if_up be when testing an interface for being up?
# The value is one of up, link or address, to check for the interface
# being solely up, being up and having link or being up, having link
# and an assigned IP address. 
if_up_strictness address

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
# use_spacer should have an argument of left, right, or none
use_spacer left

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

     font pango:Cousine,FontAwesome 8

# Stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT

# JSON for i3bar

 [{ "full_text" :"ï…¼ Home ${fs_free /home} Free" , "color" : "\#ffffff" } ,      
  { "full_text" : "RAM ${memperc}%" , "color" :
    ${if_match ${memperc}<90}"\#ffffff"${else}"\#ff0000"${endif} }],

If I try to copy and paste a icon from http://fontawesome.io/cheatsheet/ , nor writing the unicode , does not work for me ( using xfce-terminal and nano , typing the code after pressing Ctrl+Shift+u ) .
I am not sure if I correctly install the fonts too ( have I to copy and paste a directory elsewhere ? ) , or where I'd make the mistake .
Thanks in advance , and sorry if the problem is already solved in others threads .

Last edited by ghus (2016-11-15 11:45:37)

metak

Member

Registered: 2009-09-27

Posts: 198

Re: [solved] i3 : icons on i3bar

You should remove that 'font pango' line from conkyrc file.
If you want to use another font in conky status you'll have to use pango markup. Like this:

{"full_text" : "<span foreground='\#00e699' font='Ubuntu Condensed 7'>${blahblah}</span>", "markup": "pango"},

You already have font set up in your i3/config file... so it should work?

ghus

Banned

Registered: 2016-11-14

Posts: 420

Re: [solved] i3 : icons on i3bar

Thanks , I've removed the line on conkyrc file , and  downoladed :  https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-font-awesome/ .. maybe before I was wrong to use https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/font-awesome/?

I create a package which contain all fonts, css, less and scss files for font-awesome, but font files are not install to system font directory.
the package is most useful for web developers.fill free to use it:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/font-awesome/

.

I had installed the ttf-font-awesome ( without copy and paste the directory on any  /fonts/path , just with pacman -U ) , and I  had seen them in use ( just opening the xfrce-terminal and seeing they was avaible - yes I am so noob ) .
Now the icons was showing on the terminal , with a copy and paste from  http://fontawesome.io/cheatsheet/ , but on the bar they'll still not showing correctly until changing , to the /i3/config , the size  :

 font pango:Cousine,FontAwesome 9 

Thanks a lot

Last edited by ghus (2016-11-15 11:53:06)