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| author | Tommaso Negri <me@tommasongr.com> | 2026-08-12 01:15:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Tommaso Negri <me@tommasongr.com> | 2026-08-12 01:15:32 +0200 |
| commit | 5719d78fe128ba20439a8b80b66d569b62cd3a55 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c58aff6472812230f80dfd95c9259bb08ab592b | |
| parent | 35a534ec79665fd0992c5126d15e803f5c3fa868 (diff) | |
| download | bar-5719d78fe128ba20439a8b80b66d569b62cd3a55.tar.gz bar-5719d78fe128ba20439a8b80b66d569b62cd3a55.zip | |
update README
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@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ <img alt="bar screenshot" src="Sources/bar/bar.docc/bar.png" width="100%"> </p> -All the status bar we tried felt wrong in a way or another, so we decided to make our own. +All the status bars we tried felt wrong in one way or another, so we decided to make our own. Here is what you should know about *bar* before you start: - **Just different** — *bar* doesn't work like most other bars or programs for what matters. -You configure it by changing directly the source code and messing around with Swift files. +You configure it by directly changing the source code and tinkering with Swift files. At the end, everyone will have their own *bar*. - **Dead simple** — *bar* always looks for simplicity, both in usage and in the source code. -It just do the very basics very well, everything else is left out. -It doesn't even include gaps between blocks... -- **Easy to understand** — *bar* codebase is just ~500 lines of Swift, wrapped in a ton of comments. +It just does the very basics very well; everything else is left out. +It doesn't even include gaps between blocks. +- **Easy to understand** — *bar*'s codebase is just ~500 lines of Swift, wrapped in a ton of comments. Everything is explained so you can truly own the codebase and customise it as you see fit. > This is not software you install, run, and forget about. @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Everything is explained so you can truly own the codebase and customise it as yo - **macOS 26** or later - **Swift 6.3** (bundled with Xcode or installed from [swift.org](https://swift.org)) +- **No other dependencies** — `bar` only needs Swift and the macOS SDK. ### Install @@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ echo "first cell" echo "second cell" ``` -Blocks can refresh on an interval or on demand via a Darwin notification: +Blocks can refresh on an interval or on demand via a Darwin notification (using `notifyutil`, which ships with macOS): ```shell notifyutil -p bar.touch.<block-name> |