Implement cmdrun config parameter

cmd/i3status-go/default-config.json

@@ -702,6 +702,78 @@
 	]
 },
 
+// Prints stdout of command to panel.
+"cmdrun" : {
+	"enabled": false,
+
+	// Delay between two consecutive command batch runs.
+	"delay": 3,
+
+	// command' binary.
+	"cmd": "/bin/bash",
+
+	// Arguments for command binary.
+	"args": ["-c", "echo 42"],
+
+	// If omitted set to default color defined up here.
+	"color": "#3e78fd",
+
+	// If omitted set to default background color defined up here.
+	"background": "#000000",
+
+	// If omitted set to default font defined up here.
+	"font": "Noto Sans",
+
+	// ‘xx-small’, ‘x-small’, ‘small’, ‘medium’, ‘large’, ‘x-large’, ‘xx-large’,  or one of relative sizes
+	// ‘smaller’ or ‘larger’. If omitted set to default font size defined up here.
+	"font_size": "medium",
+
+	// Re-define separator parameters for each command block here.
+	"separator": {
+		"left": {
+			// Set to false if omitted.
+			"enabled": true,
+
+			// If omitted set to default color defined for separator up here.
+			"color": "#3e78fd",
+
+			// If omitted set to default background color defined for separator up here.
+			"background": "#000000",
+
+			// If omitted set to default symbol defined for separator up here.
+			"symbol": "▶",
+
+			// If omitted set to default font defined for separator up here.
+			"font": "Noto Sans",
+
+			// ‘xx-small’, ‘x-small’, ‘small’, ‘medium’, ‘large’, ‘x-large’, ‘xx-large’,  or one of relative sizes
+			// ‘smaller’ or ‘larger’. If omitted set to default font size defined for separator up here.
+			"font_size": "medium"
+		},
+
+		"right": {
+			// Set to false if omitted.
+			"enabled": true,
+
+			// If omitted set to default color defined for separator up here.
+			"color": "#3e78fd",
+
+			// If omitted set to default background color defined for separator up here.
+			"background": "#000000",
+
+			// If omitted set to default symbol defined for separator up here.
+			"symbol": "◀",
+
+			// If omitted set to default font defined for separator up here.
+			"font": "Noto Sans",
+
+			// ‘xx-small’, ‘x-small’, ‘small’, ‘medium’, ‘large’, ‘x-large’, ‘xx-large’,  or one of relative sizes
+			// ‘smaller’ or ‘larger’. If omitted set to default font size defined for separator up here.
+			"font_size": "medium"
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Whether to display Application Buttons.
 "app_buttons": {
 	"enabled": true,

cmd/i3status-go/main.go

@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ func main() {
 		Conf.Clock.FontSize,
 	)
 
+	Conf.Values.RunCommandOutput = fmt.Sprintf(
+		"<span color='%s' background='%s' font='%s' size='%s'>?</span>",
+		Conf.CmdRun.Color,
+		Conf.CmdRun.Background,
+		Conf.CmdRun.Font,
+		Conf.CmdRun.FontSize,
+	)
+
 	go Conf.Spawner()
 	go Conf.ParseStdin()
 	go Conf.CleanZombies()
@@ -143,6 +151,10 @@ func main() {
 		go Conf.UpdateVPNStatus()
 	}
 
+	if Conf.CmdRun.Enabled {
+		go Conf.RunCommand()
+	}
+
 	/*
 		I3bar documentation pretends that message protocol must be valid json. In practice, we only have to print valid
 		header, empty json array and (potentially infinite) json lines (line that is valid json by itself) that is
@@ -519,6 +531,50 @@ func main() {
 			j = append(j, b)
 		}
 
+		if Conf.CmdRun.Enabled {
+			var b lib.I3BarOutBlock
+
+			b.Name = `runcommandoutput`
+			b.Color = Conf.CmdRun.Color
+			b.Background = Conf.CmdRun.Background
+
+			if Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Left.Enabled {
+				b.FullText = fmt.Sprintf(
+					"<span color='%s' background='%s' font='%s' size='%s'>%s</span>",
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Left.Color,
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Left.Background,
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Left.Font,
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Left.FontSize,
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Left.Symbol,
+				)
+			}
+
+			b.FullText += fmt.Sprintf(
+				"<span color='%s' background='%s' font='%s' size='%s'>%s</span>",
+				Conf.CmdRun.Color,
+				Conf.CmdRun.Background,
+				Conf.CmdRun.Font,
+				Conf.CmdRun.FontSize,
+				Conf.Values.RunCommandOutput,
+			)
+
+			if Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Right.Enabled {
+				b.FullText += fmt.Sprintf(
+					"<span color='%s' background='%s' font='%s' size='%s'>%s</span>",
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Right.Color,
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Right.Background,
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Right.Font,
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Right.FontSize,
+					Conf.CmdRun.Separator.Right.Symbol,
+				)
+			}
+
+			b.Markup = "pango"
+			b.Separator = false
+
+			j = append(j, b)
+		}
+
 		if Conf.Clock.Enabled {
 			var b lib.I3BarOutBlock