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1.Dd 2023-04-23
2.Dt SLSTATUS 1
3.Os
4.Sh NAME
5.Nm slstatus
6.Nd suckless status
7.Sh SYNOPSIS
8.Nm
9.Op Fl s
10.Op Fl 1
11.Sh DESCRIPTION
12.Nm
13is a small tool for providing system status information to other programs
14over the EWMH
15.Em WM_NAME
16property of the root window (used by
17.Xr dwm 1 ) or standard input/output. It is designed to be as efficient as possible by
18only issuing the minimum of system calls required.
19.P
20By default,
21.Nm
22outputs to WM_NAME.
23.Sh OPTIONS
24.Bl -tag -width Ds
25.It Fl v
26Print version information to stderr, then exit.
27.It Fl s
28Write to stdout instead of WM_NAME.
29.It Fl 1
30Write once to stdout and quit.
31.El
32.Sh CUSTOMIZATION
33.Nm
34can be customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
35code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
36.Sh SIGNALS
37.Nm
38responds to the following signals:
39.Pp
40.Bl -tag -width TERM -compact
41.It USR1
42Triggers an instant redraw.
43.El
44.Sh AUTHORS
45See the LICENSE file for the authors.
46.Sh SEE ALSO
47.Xr dwm 1