STA

STA is a minimal status monitor written in C.

About

STA is inspired by slstatus. The core code is fully rewritten; only the config structure (with some edits) and the status-fetching functions are from slstatus.

How it works

STA runs as a server (daemon) using a UNIX socket and waits for updates from clients. You can update any status by specifying its ID from the config file, then run:

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sta -id <ID>

This sends a signal to the socket and refreshs the status. You can configure the displayed status in config.def.h.

Example

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# Start the server
sta -s

# Send a status update
sta -id 1

This sends the current time (or other info) to the server with a unique ID. Rerun the command whenever you want to update the status.

Note: STA was created for learning purposes.