Add i3status Portfile

[jenstroeger (Jens Troeger)]

Following up on ticket:65811, and in particular this comment: the i3wm window manager (​i3 port) uses ​i3status by default to render data into its toolbar (managed by the i3bar tool). That i3status currently has no port.

I’m actually tempted to add i3status to the i3wm port because of their close dependency, instead of adding a new port. That would make testing and installing easier—running i3wm would work out of the box without needing another port.

Thought?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The easiest course of action depends on how i3status is intended to be built. If it is intended to be built by integrating its source code into the i3wm source code, and then building i3wm causes i3status to be built, then yes, adding i3status to the i3wm port may be the thing to do. If, on the other hand, i3status is, like most software, separately buildable and installable, then a separate portfile is most likely the thing to do.

[jenstroeger (Jens Troeger)]

I built i3status independently of the i3wm and it can be run standalone (which won’t do anything useful). So I guess it’s a separate Portfile then?

I’ve not written a Portfile before, is ​this the right place to start? Do you have other recommendations, references that help me get going?

[Nosp1 (Trym Staurheim)]

Replying to jenstroeger:

I built i3status independently of the i3wm and it can be run standalone (which won’t do anything useful). So I guess it’s a separate Portfile then?

I’ve not written a Portfile before, is ​this the right place to start? Do you have other recommendations, references that help me get going?

Hi, I see you have built i3status. Have you ever made i3wm work on mac? Ive managed to install the port but i3 cant find any display.

[jenstroeger (Jens Troeger)]

Replying to Nosp1:

Hi, I see you have built i3status. Have you ever made i3wm work on mac? Ive managed to install the port but i3 cant find any display.

Correct, I built i3status outside of MacPorts (I need/should create a Portfile!) and I built i3wm using MacPorts, and ​urxvt as well. I then created a file ~/.xinitrc.d/i3-startup.sh which contains

#!/bin/sh

cd $HOME
export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config

# start the urxvt daemon first
/opt/local/bin/urxvtd -q -f -o &

# and run i3
exec /opt/local/bin/i3

Then, run ​XQuartz which should use i3wm as its window manager.

[Nosp1 (Trym Staurheim)]

Replying to jenstroeger:

Replying to Nosp1:

Hi, I see you have built i3status. Have you ever made i3wm work on mac? Ive managed to install the port but i3 cant find any display.

Correct, I built i3status outside of MacPorts (I need/should create a Portfile!) and I built i3wm using MacPorts, and ​urxvt as well. I then created a file ~/.xinitrc.d/i3-startup.sh which contains

#!/bin/sh

cd $HOME
export LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config

# start the urxvt daemon first
/opt/local/bin/urxvtd -q -f -o &

# and run i3
exec /opt/local/bin/i3

Then, run ​XQuartz which should use i3wm as its window manager.