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xmobar is a lightweight, text-based, status bar written in Haskell. It was originally designed to be used together with Xmonad, but it is also usable with any other Window Manager. While xmobar is written in Haskell, no knowledge of the language is required to install and use it.

xmobar is a minimalistic, text based, status bar. It was originally designed and implemented by Andrea Rossato to work with xmonad, but it's actually usable with any window-manager.

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Xmonad toggle fullscreen / xmobar

Given my limited (zero) knowledge with Haskell the xmonad.hs can be challenging. I am looking for how to modify my config file to allow for "true" fullscreen using for example VLC watching videos. My current xmonad.hs: import XMonad import…
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XMobar is hidden on first XMonad workspace

I installed XMonad and XMobar with configured settings. When I start XMonad a XMobar on any without first workspace is dock and opened programs have place below XMobar, but on first workspace when I open any program XMobar become hidden. These are…
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How to change xmobar configuration on the fly

I want to switch between xmobar configurations on the fly by using key combinations. I have naively tagged the following onto my other key mods: , ((controlMask, xK_l), xmproc <- spawnPipe "/usr/bin/xmobar /home/tony/.xmobarLrc") , ((controlMask,…
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Icons for indicating layouts in XMobar (XMonad)

I know XMobar supports bitmap icons and I was able to configure those. However I also want to use icons for indicating current XMonad layout, but XMobar gets it on stdin from XMonad. And I couldn't figure out a way to pass bitmap icons instead of…
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Haskell Variable not in scope

I am configuring my xmonad file to send the Stdout to a SpawnPipe per the documentation at https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-0.16/docs/XMonad-Hooks-DynamicLog.html#v:ppOutput Here is the code that I have so far... I am sure I am…
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Using color inside separator | fixed width of xmobar command field

I have some xmobarrc config Config { lowerOnStart = False, font = "xft:Terminus-12" , bgColor = "#000000" , fgColor = "#8080A1" , position = Top , commands = [ Run Network "eth0"…
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XMonad tabbed layout hides XMobar in Arch linux

Xmonad hides xmobar and tabs on tabbed layouts. What is wrong with config? I am using xmonad with xmobar for long time. But last time when I migrated back to Arch linux all layouts from XMonad.Layout.Tabbed show windows on full screen. No xmobar or…
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Format weather integration in xmobar

I am trying to configure the Run Weather integration in my .xmobarrc file. Currently I have it working this way, this is the one line I need help with: [ Run Weather "KMGW" ["-t", "temp…
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XMobar disappears behind background when restarting XMonad in Gnome session

I use a layout with avoidStruts so that I can bind key ((myModMask, xK_b), sendMessage ToggleStruts) to hide the xmobar toolbar. Now I have a strange behaviour: When restarting XMonad with "mod-q", XMobar in a GNOME session gets hidden behind the…
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Migrating XMobar to the new 0.17 standard

Just to make it clear, my XMobar uses UnsafeStdinReader and SpawnPipe to send information about workspaces right now. Here are the relevant portions of the configuration: main = do xmprocleft <- spawnPipe "xmobar -x 0…
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xmobar is using low color depth resulting in bad contrast

I'm trying to set-up xmobar with xmonad. I've run into an issue with the color depth used by xmobar where the color displayed is same for "#5e81ac" (blue) and "#1c1f26" (dark gray). The 'dark gray' color is the background in my config and I'm trying…
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xmobar stuck on Updating

So I just installed xmobar for the first time and I did some hacking on it with help of documentation and some YouTube videos. When I reload the xmonad wm i get the xmobar bar but it's stuck on Updating... I'll provide the config file. Thanks in…
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xmobar not launching via xmonad

I am very new to xmonad and I am trying to launch xmobar from the xmonad.hs file but I can't seem to get it to work. I have been looking all around the internet but still no solution. The wierd thing is that I can easily launch it using the terminal…
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Use Xmobar on several Monitors

This Question was answered several times but I do not understand the accepted answers. For example here How to spawn XMobar instance for each screen?. In the question the user refers to another question where the solution is hidden behind a comment.…
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Xmobar is "Updating" when attempting to run script

My issue here is that my Xmobar says that it's "Updating..." when I provide the layout with a path to a C script (the executable)that I hacked together. I included Run Stdinreader and that made no dent on the issue. I was under the impression that…
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