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	jmbi Offline \| 07-08-2012, 10:48 PM \| #1

Bar* is a lightweight bar program, it is easily configurable with conky. I use it in all of my desktop setups, and it works great!

Here is my current Bar* setup (it is usually at a width of 1600 pixels, but I resized it for demonstration purposes, I have a bit of an OCD problem...):
[Image: jjFQv.png]

Now, to run this I just add this to my .xinitrc:

Code:
conky | bar -p &

As you can see, the bar is just a place where conky can output information. Also, if you look on the left side of the bar, you can see a simple little rss output, look in the config below to see how that works.

Here is my .conkyrc:

Code:
background no

out_to_console yes

out_to_x no

update_interval 1.0

total_run_times 0

use_spacer none

TEXT

 \f3${mem} \f4of\f3 ${memmax} \c\f7${time %H:%M:%S}\r \f5UnixHub: \f4${rss http://forums.unixhub.net/syndication.php 1 item_titles 1}

Here is my config.h config for the bar itself:

Code:
/* The height of the bar (in pixels) */

#define BAR_HEIGHT  18

/* Choose between an underline or an overline */

#define BAR_UNDERLINE 1

/* The thickness of the underline (in pixels). Set to 0 to disable. */

#define BAR_UNDERLINE_HEIGHT 1

/* Whether to put the bar at the screen bottom or not */

#define BAR_BOTTOM 1

/* The fonts used for the bar, comma separated. Only the first 2 will be used. */

#define BAR_FONT       "-*-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-c-*-*-1","fixed"

/* Color palette */

#define COLOR0    0x292929

#define COLOR1  0xBADA55

#define COLOR2    0x101010

#define COLOR3    0xcc6666

#define COLOR4    0xFB7D24

#define COLOR5    0xb3930f

#define COLOR6    0x286f8a

#define COLOR7    0x746d76

#define COLOR8    0x42ab9e

#define COLOR9    0xc0c0c0

Those colors are my .Xdefaults colors.

Now, you've seen my configuration, show me yours!

*When I say Bar in this thread, I am referring to the LemonBoy / Bar that you can find here: [the github.](https://github.com/LemonBoy/bar)

meh