From a489ba41cc49890761db23f81c8acef6eada2fc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kolunmi Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:18:37 -0700 Subject: add ipc functionality, update README --- README.md | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 20f32a3..2cdfa67 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ![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 @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Pass `dwlb` as an argument to dwl's `-s` flag. This will populate each connected 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. @@ -44,3 +47,7 @@ A color command with no argument reverts to the default value. `^^` represents a ## Other Options Run `dwlb -h` for a full list of options. + +## Acknowledgements +* [dtao](https://github.com/djpohly/dtao) +* [somebar](https://sr.ht/~raphi/somebar/) -- cgit v1.2.3