bar2.bash is an ipc compatible script for rendering essential info in the swaybar. Everything else is the rest of the configuration to make it usable and my personal preferences in key bindings.
- Container name only on active output
- Keyboard input language per app_id
- Battery (if under 80%)
- CPU temperature
- remaining RAM (if under 1 GB)
- Date and time
Copy file bar2.bash into your ~/.config/sway directory, and pass it as argument to status_command.
If you have multiple monitors, pass the output name as argument as well.
I prefer keeping my output configuration separately, so you can see it's usage in my for_output config file
$1 argument may hold the output screen ID (see config file for more info)
declare -r kbID="1:1:AT_Translated_Set_2_keyboard"
declare -r power="upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0"
declare -r tempProbe="/sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone7/temp"
the following command may help you choosing the right one
find /sys/devices/virtual/thermal -name temp -print -exec cat "{}" \;
that raises events, to update the swaybar even if no changes in focus are made. It's neccessary to prevent having outdated time, temperature, or charge on the bar. By default it fires every 7 seconds.
Copy the swaybar.service file into /etc/systemd/user/ directory, give it proper permissions and
systemct --user enable swaybar.service
systemct --user start swaybar.service