use `xsetroot -name <status>` as dwm's status bar contents are now derived from the name attribute of the root window. It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 21:16, Don Harper <ducku...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I am coming back to dwm after being away for a while. I am now > running 5.5, and my question is how do I get the status back in the bar? > I used to run something like: > > while true > do > #sswriter -d "%m/%d/%y - %I:%M %p" -D eth0 wlan0 "--{ %b0 | M: %m S: %s > | %n | %d }--\n" > status.sh > sleep 15 > done | dwm > > But that does not work anymore. I do not see on dwm.suckland.org or in > the man page what I should be doing now... > > thanks! > > don > > -- > Don Harper, RHCE <ducku...@gmail.com> http://www.donaldharper.com/ > > All that we are is the result of what we have thought. - Buddha > -- stadik.net