Please avoid using the digest mailing list feature, as it breaks threading, which is annoying for people who are trying to help you.
Also, when talking about versions of software, _always_ include the copy&pasted output of what the program says, never say “latest” because that can mean a number of things (latest version available in your distribution, latest version announced on the website, latest version available in git, latest version in a specific branch…). status_chr has been introduced relatively recently and is not in any released version. I still think your version is not recent enough. On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Giuseppe Silletti <sillet...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for answers! I've check my version and it is the last one. I'll > try to be more precise: I want to put in the i3bar icons that tell when the > battery is charging or not for example. If in the battery section of the > i3status.conf file I put status_chr for example, if I restart i3 this > message appears: "Error: status_command process exited unexpectedly (exit > 1)". That's it :) > > 2015-03-13 11:00 GMT+00:00 <i3-discuss-requ...@i3.zekjur.net>: >> >> Send i3-discuss mailing list submissions to >> i3-discuss@i3.zekjur.net >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://infra.in.zekjur.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/i3-discuss >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> i3-discuss-requ...@i3.zekjur.net >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> i3-discuss-ow...@i3.zekjur.net >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of i3-discuss digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Problems with some attributes in i3 bar config file >> (Giuseppe Silletti) >> 2. Re: Problems with some attributes in i3 bar config file (Hector) >> 3. Re: Problems with some attributes in i3 bar config file >> (Michael Stapelberg) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:21:25 +0000 >> From: Giuseppe Silletti <sillet...@gmail.com> >> To: i3-discuss@i3.zekjur.net >> Subject: [i3] Problems with some attributes in i3 bar config file >> Message-ID: >> >> <cabyv-pn2rcbxwtmaw0eavzapyf9csf3qu_9cx8g47hmzjsr...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hi everyone! I'm new on i3 and I'm having some problems with some >> attributes in i3 bar config file. For example the volume section doesn't >> appear, even if I've put it in the config file. Also, some attributes like >> status_chr of battery section make my bar having an error and not showing. >> Can someone help me please? >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://infra.in.zekjur.net/pipermail/i3-discuss/attachments/20150312/3853e330/attachment-0001.html> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:57:20 -0500 >> From: Hector <c1b3rh...@gmail.com> >> To: Discussions/Questions about the i3 window manager >> <i3-discuss@i3.zekjur.net> >> Subject: Re: [i3] Problems with some attributes in i3 bar config file >> Message-ID: <20150313035720.GA4723@D3v1l.PereiraSecTeam> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Hi you could check the documentation of i3status to see if it's there >> any problem check with the default options of i3[1] also to help you, >> you need to be more specific or visit[2]. >> >> [1] http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_configuring_i3bar >> [2] https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/ >> Best Regards. >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 10:21:25PM +0000, Giuseppe Silletti wrote: >> > Hi everyone! I'm new on i3 and I'm having some problems with some >> > attributes in i3 bar config file. For example the volume section doesn't >> > appear, even if I've put it in the config file. Also, some attributes >> > like >> > status_chr of battery section make my bar having an error and not >> > showing. >> > Can someone help me please? >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 08:35:38 +0100 >> From: Michael Stapelberg <mich...@i3wm.org> >> To: "Discussions/Questions about the i3 window manager" >> <i3-discuss@i3.zekjur.net> >> Subject: Re: [i3] Problems with some attributes in i3 bar config file >> Message-ID: >> >> <CANnVG6=RG0bO885U5NXmKn_zGNWvdcZEdizrEjDOKBOP=ff...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> My first guess would be that the version of i3status you are having is too >> old. >> >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:21 PM, Giuseppe Silletti <sillet...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi everyone! I'm new on i3 and I'm having some problems with some >> > attributes >> > in i3 bar config file. For example the volume section doesn't appear, >> > even >> > if I've put it in the config file. Also, some attributes like status_chr >> > of >> > battery section make my bar having an error and not showing. Can someone >> > help me please? >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Michael >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> i3-discuss mailing list >> i3-discuss@i3.zekjur.net >> http://infra.in.zekjur.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/i3-discuss >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of i3-discuss Digest, Vol 59, Issue 6 >> ***************************************** > > -- Best regards, Michael