From c4a314cd4ea593f24011c1a79ac2632c4c59c047 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ultrabug Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:20:47 +0100 Subject: add the Control section, cleanup install instructions --- README.md | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) mode change 100644 => 100755 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md old mode 100644 new mode 100755 index 3b0478d..4a029e2 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ You must set the `output_format` to `i3bar` in the general section of your i3sta ## Installation (non Gentoo users) Just clone the repository: - $ git clone git@github.com:ultrabug/py3status.git .py3status + $ git clone git@github.com:ultrabug/py3status.git py3status Get into the cloned directory: - $ cd .py3status + $ cd py3status And run the setup.py as root or via sudo: @@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ You can see the help of py3status by issuing `py3status -h`: -n INTERVAL polling interval in seconds (default 1 sec) -t CACHE_TIMEOUT injection cache timeout in seconds (default 60 sec) +## Control +Just like i3status, you can force an update by sending a SIGUSR1 signal to py3status. + + killall -USR1 py3status + ## Update Just pull on your local clone to get the latest py3status: - $ cd .py3status + $ cd py3status $ git pull $ sudo python setup.py install -- cgit v1.3