[xmonad] xmobar

scolfield kscolfield at gmail.com
Sun May 1 18:17:19 CEST 2011


Very thanks for your reply.
I will go to customize it.

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 09:45, Norbert Zeh <nzeh at cs.dal.ca> wrote:

> scolfield [2011.05.01 0908 -0300]:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I`m newer in xmonad and I have tried to configure xmobar on my xmonad,
> but
> > it is not working. How can have an idea? Wich is the basic configuration
> of
> > .xmobarrc file ?
>
> I would suggest two things simultaneously until you have it working:
>
> 1.  Start with a barebones config file and add plugins one by one until
>    you have what you want.  A good start that supports xmonad's output
>    and nothing more is:
>
>    Config { font         = "fixed"
>           , bgColor      = "black"
>           , fgColor      = "cornsilk"
>           , position     = Top
>           , lowerOnStart = True
>           , commands     = [ Run StdinReader ]
>           , sepChar      = "%"
>           , alignSep     = "}{"
>           , template     = "%StdinReader%"
>           }
>
> 2.  Run your xmobar from the shell.  If something's broken in your
>    config file, it will complain.
>
> Then read the README file included with xmobar or the documentation on
> the website to figure out which plugins you want to add.  Note that some
> plugins rely on other things installed on your machine.  E.g., CoreTemp
> requires lm_sensors.
>
> - Norbert
>
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