i3status/contrib/wrapper.pl

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#!/usr/bin/env perl
# vim:ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
# © 2012 Michael Stapelberg, Public Domain
# This script is a simple wrapper which prefixes each i3status line with custom
# information. To use it, ensure your ~/.i3status.conf contains this line:
# output_format = "i3bar"
# in the 'general' section.
# Then, in your ~/.i3/config, use:
# status_command i3status | ~/i3status/contrib/wrapper.pl
# In the 'bar' section.
use strict;
use warnings;
# You can install the JSON module with 'cpan JSON' or by using your
# distributions package management system, for example apt-get install
# libjson-perl on Debian/Ubuntu.
use JSON;
# Dont buffer any output.
$| = 1;
# Skip the first line which contains the version header.
print scalar <STDIN>;
# The second line contains the start of the infinite array.
print scalar <STDIN>;
# Read lines forever, ignore a comma at the beginning if it exists.
while (my ($statusline) = (<STDIN> =~ /^,?(.*)/)) {
# Decode the JSON-encoded line.
my @blocks = @{decode_json($statusline)};
# Prefix our own information (you could also suffix or insert in the
# middle).
@blocks = ({
full_text => 'MPD: not running',
name => 'mpd'
}, @blocks);
# Output the line as JSON.
print encode_json(\@blocks) . ",\n";
}