Hi,
I apologize if this is dumb question; I am trying to use a special character as the field separator in my template. I can render the character (a vertical centered dot) by executing the following command from a shell:
--[dps <at> neve]-[~/Dropbox/github/arch_x86_64_configs]--
> echo -e "\x00\x00\xb7"
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This works all fine and good. I am using the same font on my xterm as I am using for xmobar. Now, when I try to copy and paste this character to my template, xmobar does not properly load. If I delete the character and change it to a period, it does. So, what I did was try to create a new command that explicitly uses the echo command from above (as opposed to copying and pasting the character directly). My problem is that xmobar just says "Updating..." and the field separator never renders. Is there an elegant way render a special character in the template? Should I just make a bitmap of the character and load that?
Below is my configuration (see %fancyDot%). Any input you could provide would be most appreciated. Thank-you, I wish you a wonderful night.
Dan Sullivan
Config {
--font = "-misc-fixed-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
--This appears to work with any from xfontsel 12/28/2012
--font = "-nil-profont-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso8859-1"
font = "-*-profont-*-*-*-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
--Place the bar at the bottom, centered with 75% of the screen width
--, position = BottomW C 75
, position = Top
, bgColor = "black"
, fgColor = "grey"
, border = BottomB
, borderColor = "#af00ff"
--Send the window to the bottom of the window stack initially
, lowerOnStart = True
, commands = [
Run Network "eth0" ["-L","0","-H","32","--normal","grey","--high","grey"] 10
, Run Cpu ["-L","3","-H","50","--normal","grey","--high","grey"] 10
, Run Memory ["-t","Mem: <usedratio>%"] 10
, Run StdinReader
, Run Com "echo" ["dps"] "echoInitials" 0 --0 means run only once
, Run Com "date" [] "customClock" 10 --do it once per second (last parameter is tenths of second).
, Run Com "echo" ["-e", "\"\\x00\\x00\\xb7\""] "fancyDot" 0
]
--The character to be used for indicating commands in the output template.
, sepChar = "%"
--The text before the first character will be left aligned, the text between them
--will be centered, and the text to the right of the last character will be right aligned.
, alignSep = "}{"
, template = "%echoInitials% <fc=#8ae234>%fancyDot%</fc> %eth0% %memory% %cpu% %customClock% }{ %StdinReader%"
}
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