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 py3status extends the mighty i3status for enhanced i3bar customization on i3wm
 
-## Start using it
+## Requirements
+You must set the `output_format` to `i3bar` in the general section of your i3status.conf:
+
+    general {
+        output_format = "i3bar"
+    }
+
+## Installation
+Just clone the repository:
+
+    $ git clone git@github.com:ultrabug/py3status.git .py3status
+
+Get into the cloned directory:
+
+    $ cd .py3status
+
+And run the setup.sh as root or via sudo:
+
+    $ sudo sh setup.sh
+
+## Usage
 In your i3 config file, simply change the `status_command` with:
 
     status_command py3status
 
-## Useful options
-You can see the help of py3status by issuing `py3status -h`
+Usually you have your own i3status configuration, just point to it:
+
+    status_command py3status -c ~/.i3/i3status.conf
+
+## Options
+You can see the help of py3status by issuing `py3status -h`:
 
     -c I3STATUS_CONF  path to i3status config file
     -n INTERVAL       polling interval in seconds (default 1 sec)
     -i INCLUDE_PATH   user-based class include directory
     -d                disable integrated transformations
+
+## Update
+Just pull on your local clone to get the latest py3status:
+
+    $ cd .py3status
+    $ git pull