.TH XPYBAR 1 XPYBAR
.SH NAME
xpybar - A highly extensible minimalistic dock panel configured in Python 3
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR xpybar
.IR "" [ OPTION ]...
[\-\-
.IR CONFIGURATION_OPTION ...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR xpybar
is a minimalistic dock panel with high extensibility.
Its source code is designed so that all parts of it can
be replaced by a configuration script. This is one of the
reasons
.BR xpybar
is written in Python.
.PP
.BR xpybar
itself is very small, but it comes with a large array of
extensions (installed to </usr/share/xpybar/plugins>).
The extensions come with associated configuration script
examples (installed to </usr/share/xpybar/examples/plugins>.)
There are some additional examples in </usr/share/xpybar/examples>.
.PP
The configuration script must be written in Python 3,
it will be loaded as part of the
.BR xpybar 's
source code itself.
.IR CONFIGURATION_OPTION
will be available to the configuration script via the
variable \fBconfig_file\fP, which is a list.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-c ,\ \-\-configurations \ \fIFILE\fP
Select configuration script. If not used, the program
will search for a file named \fIxpybarrc\fP or \fI.xpybarrc\fP
(depending on the directory) in the usual configuration
directories.
.TP
.BR \-h ,\ \-? ,\ \-\-help
Print this help information.
.TP
.BR \-v ,\ \-\-version
Print program name and version.
.TP
.BR \-C ,\ \-\-copying ,\ \-\-copyright
Print copyright information.
.TP
.BR \-W ,\ \-\-warranty
Print non-warranty information.
.SH RATIONALE
There are a lot of panel projects, too many for me to
have tried all of them.
.BR xpybar
is intended to replace
.BR dzen2 ,
.BR xmobar ,
and eventually
.BR mate-panel ,
for me, with one single panel. This makes it ease to
pack data into a much smaller space.
.BR xpybar
is also designed to be easier to extend and customise than
.BR xmobar ,
in a language understood by more users.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR dmenu (1),
.BR metar (1),
.BR stlarch_icons
.PP
Full documentation available locally via: info \(aq(xpybar)\(aq
.SH AUTHORS
Principal author, Mattias Andrée. See the COPYING file for the full
list of authors.
.SH LICENSE
Copyright \(co 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Mattias Andrée
.br
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, and
License AGPLv3+: GNU AGPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
.br
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH BUGS
Please report bugs to https://github.com/maandree/xpybar/issues or to
maandree@member.fsf.org
