On Mon 17 Oct 2011 02:29:43 PM PDT, Connor Lane Smith wrote: > Separating the status bar from the window manager would require us > to fill root with atoms, or else invent our own IPC protocol, and > it would generally get quite messy.
That's what wmii does, where IPC is done via the 9P2000 protocol. In my wmii configuration, I have independent status bar "applets", each having its own text label, colors, and mouse event handlers. As for garish icons, Unicode pictograms in the text label suffice. Here is a screenshot to whet (or ruin ;) your status bar appetite: http://ompldr.org/vYXIweQ If you're interested, see this ArchLinux screenshot thread for more: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1001807#p1001807 Cheers. -- We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have. -- Margaret Mead
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