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# somebar - dwl-like bar for dwm
This is extremely work in progress.
![Screenshot](screenshot.png)
This project is rather new. Beware of bugs.
## Dependencies
* c++ compiler, meson, and ninja
* Qt 5 GUI
* libwayland
* wayland-scanner
* libwayland-client
* libwayland-cursor
* libcairo
* libpango
* libpangocairo
sudo apt install build-essential meson ninja qtbase5-dev libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 \
libwayland-bin libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-dev
```
sudo apt install build-essential meson ninja \
libwayland-bin libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-dev \
libcairo2 libcairo2-dev \
libpango-1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev libpangocairo-1.0-0
```
dwl must have the [wayland-ipc patch](https://gitlab.com/raphaelr/dwl/-/raw/master/patches/wayland-ipc.patch) applied,
**dwl must have the [wayland-ipc patch](https://gitlab.com/raphaelr/dwl/-/raw/master/patches/wayland-ipc.patch) applied**,
since that's how the bar communicates with dwl.
## Configuration
src/config.hpp
Copy `src/config.def.hpp` to `src/config.hpp`, and adjust if needed.
## Building
meson setup build
ninja -C build
./build/somebar
## Usage
somebar doesn't use dwl's status feature. You can start somebar using dwl's `-s` option,
but if you do, close stdout.
but if you do, close stdin, as somebar will not read from it.
Somebar can be controlled by writing to `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/somebar-0`. The following
commands are supported:
* `status TEXT`: Updates the status bar
* `hide MONITOR` Hides somebar on the specified monitor
* `shows MONITOR` Shows somebar on the specified monitor
* `toggle MONITOR` Toggles somebar on the specified monitor
MONITOR is an zxdg_output_v1 name, which can be determined e.g. using `weston-info`.
Additionally, MONITOR can be `all` (all monitors) or `selected` (the monitor with focus).
Commands can be sent either by writing to the file name above, or equivalently by calling
somebar with the `-c` argument. For example: `somebar -c toggle all`. This is recommended
for shell scripts, as there is no race-free way to write to a file only if it exists.
## License