Byobu Smarter Status

Intelligent status bar modules for the Byobu text based window manager.

More information on Byobu is available at: http://byobu.co/

Purpose

Derived primarily from existing modules, these are capable of displaying additional details and are highly configurable. Most modules also feature dynamic coloring based on user-defined notice/warning conditions.

Screenshots

Default config:

"semipro" sample config:

"minimal" sample config:

Getting Started

Prerequisites

A functioning install of Byobu, which is available for most *nix based systems.

Installing

Typical instructions for a single user:

1. Install and launch Byobu at least once.
2. Copy the files from the project's .byobu/bin folder to your ~/.byobu/bin
   folder (create the folder if it doesn't exist).
3. Make the copied files executable (chmod +x ~/.byobu/bin/*).
4. Edit your ~/.byobu/status file to include one or more of the project's modules. See the project's .byobu/status.sample* files for examples.
5. Optionally, edit the bss_config file that you copied to your ~/.byobu/bin folder. See the project's .byobu/bss_config.sample* files for examples.

You could also install these modules in a common location that is accessible to all users and configure the default Byobu status files to use them. See the Byobu web site or man pages for more info.

Copyright and License

Copyright 2013 Kristoffer Smith

Licensed under GPLv3 to maintain compatibility with the current version of Byobu.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Please contact me if you'd like to do a major re-work or extension of the project.

https://github.com/theksmith/Byobu-Smarter-Status

Credits

Authors

• Kristoffer Smith (http://theksmith.com/)

Contributors

• None yet

Acknowledgments

• Some modules contain code inspired by or sourced from scripts included in the Byobu application.