min_width=CPU: 100.00%

Leigh · December 11, 2021, 7:01pm

Hi
In i3blocks.conf there is the following block:

[cpu_usage]
label=
command=~/.config/i3/scripts/cpu_usage
#min_width=CPU: 100.00%
interval=2

I am assuming that the line

min_width=CPU: 100.00%

is to stop the output to the left of this block jumping about at the %CPU changes from single to double figures?

But when I un-comment it I cant get it to do this, even changing the value

Can anyone tell me how to do this please?

EDIT: seems to work with

min_width=XXXXX

but not sure why - is it the width of the characters rather than the value?

Absolutely loving i3 EOS

malux · February 7, 2022, 2:50pm

Hi @Leigh,
I faced the same Issue and resolved it by modifying the underlying script in ~/.config/i3/scripts/cpu_usage.

I changed the lines 50 and 52 to always print two digits (leading zero) in front of the decimal point like so:

printf "%02.${decimals}f%%\n", $cpu_usage;

hope that helps someone!

joekamprad · February 7, 2022, 5:18pm

welcome at the forum!

GitHub source:

github.com

endeavouros-team/endeavouros-i3wm-setup/blob/a1862c891e2b7e679ec234ee3c011e5bf562556e/.config/i3/scripts/cpu_usage#L50


      
                  $cpu_usage = 100 - $1; # 100% - %idle
                  last;
              }
          }
          close(MPSTAT);
          
          
$cpu_usage eq -1 and die 'Can\'t find CPU information';
          
          
# Print short_text, full_text
          print "${label}";
          printf "%.${decimals}f%%\n", $cpu_usage;
          print "${label}";
          printf "%.${decimals}f%%\n", $cpu_usage;
          
          
# Print color, if needed
          if ($cpu_usage >= $t_crit) {
              print "#FF0000\n";
              exit 33;
          } elsif ($cpu_usage >= $t_warn) {
              print "#FFFC00\n";
          }

I would like to see a Pull Request if you have an GitHub account if not I can change it and mention this post.

Leigh · February 8, 2022, 8:01am

Thanks!

joekamprad · February 8, 2022, 4:05pm

added this

system · February 10, 2022, 4:05pm

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