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authorkolunmi <kolunmi@tutanota.com>2023-02-21 18:18:37 -0700
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![screenshot 1](/screenshot1.png "screenshot 1")
![screenshot 2](/screenshot2.png "screenshot 2")
-dwlb is a simple bar for [dwl](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl). It is a modified version of [dtao](https://github.com/djpohly/dtao).
+dwlb is a feature-complete bar for [dwl](https://github.com/djpohly/dwl).
## Dependencies
* libwayland-client
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dwl -s 'dwlb -font "monospace:size=16"'
```
+## Ipc
+If dwl is patched appropriately, dwlb is capable of communicating directly with dwl. When ipc is enabled with `-ipc`, dwlb does not read from stdin, and clicking tags functions as you would expect. Ipc can be disabled with `-no-ipc`.
+
## Commands
Command options send instructions to existing instances of dwlb. All commands take at least one argument to specify a bar on which to operate. This may be zxdg_output_v1 name, "all" to affect all outputs, "selected" for the current output, or "first" for the first output in the internal list.
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## Other Options
Run `dwlb -h` for a full list of options.
+
+## Acknowledgements
+* [dtao](https://github.com/djpohly/dtao)
+* [somebar](https://sr.ht/~raphi/somebar/)