dwm-polybar

README

* dwm-polybar
dwm-polybar - a minimal golang script that works as a module for [[https://github.com/polybar/polybar][polybar]] without the need to recompile the entire polybar
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** Features
- basic tag module with the same design as in dwm bar

** Install
To install you will need to install Go on your computer
Use ~go install~:
#+BEGIN_SRC shell
go install github.com/Andrmist/dwm-polybar@latest
#+END_SRC

** Usage
#+BEGIN_SRC
Usage:
  dwm-polybar [flags]
  dwm-polybar [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help        Help about any command
  monitors    helper command to get information about monitors known by dwm

Flags:
      --active-bg string   set background color for active tags (default "005577")
      --active-fg string   set foreground color for active tags (default "ffffff")
  -h, --help               help for dwm-polybar
      --monitor int        monitor num we want to process (see dwm-polybar monitors --help)
      --urgent-bg string   set background color for urgent tags (default "005577")
      --urgent-fg string   set foreground color for urgent tags (default "ffffff")
#+END_SRC
If you have more than 1 monitor, you have to run ~dwm-polybar monitors~ to properly select your monitor:
#+BEGIN_SRC
$ dwm-polybar monitors
Monitor 0 (current):
Selected application name: *doom:vterm-popup:#1* – Doom Emacs
#+END_SRC

After that, add module to your polybar config:
#+BEGIN_SRC ini
[module/dwm]
type = custom/script
exec = dwm-polybar --monitor 1 # use your monitor number from previous command output
tail = true
#+END_SRC

** Known bugs
- renewing dwm breaks module