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Bridged the i3status and dzen2 to make dzen2 display icons

Icons Bridge for i3status and dzen2

i3status can output lines for dzen2, But, no icons.

this script simple bridged the i3status and dzen2.

original

i3status | dzen2

now

i3status | ./i3-dzen-bridge.py | dzen2

install

  1. git clone https://github.com/yueyoum/i3-dzen2-bridge.git

  2. make a symbol link for i3dzen2.sh in SYSTEM PATH

    eg. cd /usr/local/bin; sudo ln -s <PATH>/i3dzen2.sh i3dzen2

  3. cp i3status.conf ~/.i3status.conf

  4. start: i3dzen2

  5. add i3dzen2 in your startup applications

i3-dzen-bridge-1

i3-dzen-bridge-2