Replace i3bar with polybar.

.config/i3/config

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ exec --no-startup-id ~/set_once_i3.sh
 # config starts here: #
 #######################
 
+# Launch polybar
+exec_always --no-startup-id $HOME/.config/polybar/launch.sh
+
 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
 # is used in the bar {} block below.
 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
@@ -474,71 +477,6 @@ client.unfocused	    $darkblue	$darkblue	$grey		$purple		$darkgrey
 client.focused_inactive	$darkblue	$darkblue	$grey		$purple		$black
 client.urgent		    $urgentred	$urgentred	$white		$purple		$yellowbrown
 
-############################################
-# bar settings (input comes from i3blocks) #
-############################################
-
-# Start i3bar to display a workspace bar
-# (plus the system information i3status finds out, if available)
-bar {
-		font pango:Noto Sans Regular 12, FontAwesome 12
-		status_command i3blocks -c ~/.config/i3/i3blocks.conf
-	    	position top
-#	    	i3bar_command i3bar --transparency
-# it could be that you have no primary display set: set one (xrandr --output <output> --primary)
-# reference: https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_tray_output
-		    tray_output primary
-		    tray_padding 0
-
-# When strip_workspace_numbers is set to yes,
-# any workspace that has a name of the form
-# “[n][:][NAME]” will display only the name.
-strip_workspace_numbers yes
-##strip_workspace_name no
-
-		    colors {
-		    separator          $purple
-		    background         $darkgrey
-		    statusline         $white
-#                          		border 		        bg		txt		indicator
-		focused_workspace	$mediumgrey	   	$grey		$darkgrey	$purple
-		active_workspace	$lightblue      	$mediumgrey	$darkgrey	$purple
-		inactive_workspace	$darkgrey   		$darkgrey	$grey		$purple
-		urgent_workspace	$urgentred	    	$urgentred	$white		$purple
-	}
-}
-
-# you can add different bars for multidisplay setups on each display:
-# set output HDMI-0 to the display you want the bar, --transparency can be set.
-# Transparency needs rgba color codes to be used where the last two letters are the transparency factor see here:
-# https://gist.github.com/lopspower/03fb1cc0ac9f32ef38f4
-# #08052be6 --> e6=90%
-
-# bar {
-#	font pango:Noto Sans Regular 9, FontAwesome 9
-#	status_command i3blocks -c ~/.config/i3/i3blocks-2.conf
-#	i3bar_command i3bar --transparency
-#	output HDMI-0
-#	position bottom
-#
-# When strip_workspace_numbers is set to yes,
-# any workspace that has a name of the form
-# “[n][:][NAME]” will display only the name.
-#strip_workspace_numbers yes
-##strip_workspace_name no
-#
-#	colors {
-#		separator          $purple
-#		background         $darkbluetrans
-#        	statusline         $white
-#					border		bg		txt		indicator
-#		focused_workspace	$lighterblue	$lighterblue	$darkblue	$purple
-#		active_workspace	$lightdblue	$lightdblue	$darkblue	$purple
-#		inactive_workspace	$darkblue	$darkblue	$lightdblue	$purple
-#		urgent_workspace	$urgentred	$urgentred	$white		$purple
-#	}
-#}
-
 #####################################
 # Application menu handled by rofi: #
 #####################################

.config/polybar/config.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+;==========================================================
+;
+;
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+;   ██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗██║  ╚██╗ ██╔╝██╔══██╗██╔══██╗██╔══██╗
+;   ██████╔╝██║   ██║██║   ╚████╔╝ ██████╔╝███████║██████╔╝
+;   ██╔═══╝ ██║   ██║██║    ╚██╔╝  ██╔══██╗██╔══██║██╔══██╗
+;   ██║     ╚██████╔╝███████╗██║   ██████╔╝██║  ██║██║  ██║
+;   ╚═╝      ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝╚═╝   ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝
+;
+;
+;   To learn more about how to configure Polybar
+;   go to https://github.com/polybar/polybar
+;
+;   The README contains a lot of information
+;
+;==========================================================
+
+[colors]
+background = #282A2E
+background-alt = #373B41
+foreground = #C5C8C6
+primary = #F0C674
+secondary = #8ABEB7
+alert = #A54242
+disabled = #707880
+
+[bar/cribac]
+width = 100%
+height = 24pt
+radius = 6
+
+; dpi = 96
+
+background = ${colors.background}
+foreground = ${colors.foreground}
+
+line-size = 3pt
+
+border-size = 4pt
+border-color = #00000000
+
+padding-left = 0
+padding-right = 1
+
+module-margin = 1
+
+separator = |
+separator-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
+
+font-0 = monospace;2
+
+modules-left = xworkspaces xwindow
+modules-right = filesystem pulseaudio xkeyboard memory cpu wlan eth date
+
+cursor-click = pointer
+cursor-scroll = ns-resize
+
+enable-ipc = true
+
+; tray-position = right
+
+; wm-restack = generic
+; wm-restack = bspwm
+; wm-restack = i3
+
+; override-redirect = true
+
+[module/xworkspaces]
+type = internal/xworkspaces
+
+label-active = %name%
+label-active-background = ${colors.background-alt}
+label-active-underline= ${colors.primary}
+label-active-padding = 1
+
+label-occupied = %name%
+label-occupied-padding = 1
+
+label-urgent = %name%
+label-urgent-background = ${colors.alert}
+label-urgent-padding = 1
+
+label-empty = %name%
+label-empty-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
+label-empty-padding = 1
+
+[module/xwindow]
+type = internal/xwindow
+label = %title:0:60:...%
+
+[module/filesystem]
+type = internal/fs
+interval = 25
+
+mount-0 = /
+
+label-mounted = %{F#F0C674}%mountpoint%%{F-} %percentage_used%%
+
+label-unmounted = %mountpoint% not mounted
+label-unmounted-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
+
+[module/pulseaudio]
+type = internal/pulseaudio
+
+format-volume-prefix = "VOL "
+format-volume-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
+format-volume = <label-volume>
+
+label-volume = %percentage%%
+
+label-muted = muted
+label-muted-foreground = ${colors.disabled}
+
+[module/xkeyboard]
+type = internal/xkeyboard
+blacklist-0 = num lock
+
+label-layout = %layout%
+label-layout-foreground = ${colors.primary}
+
+label-indicator-padding = 2
+label-indicator-margin = 1
+label-indicator-foreground = ${colors.background}
+label-indicator-background = ${colors.secondary}
+
+[module/memory]
+type = internal/memory
+interval = 2
+format-prefix = "RAM "
+format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
+label = %percentage_used:2%%
+
+[module/cpu]
+type = internal/cpu
+interval = 2
+format-prefix = "CPU "
+format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.primary}
+label = %percentage:2%%
+
+[network-base]
+type = internal/network
+interval = 5
+format-connected = <label-connected>
+format-disconnected = <label-disconnected>
+label-disconnected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F#707880} disconnected
+
+[module/wlan]
+inherit = network-base
+interface-type = wireless
+label-connected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F-} %essid% %local_ip%
+
+[module/eth]
+inherit = network-base
+interface-type = wired
+label-connected = %{F#F0C674}%ifname%%{F-} %local_ip%
+
+[module/date]
+type = internal/date
+interval = 1
+
+date = %H:%M
+date-alt = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
+
+label = %date%
+label-foreground = ${colors.primary}
+
+[settings]
+screenchange-reload = true
+pseudo-transparency = true
+
+; vim:ft=dosini

.config/polybar/launch.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Polybar launch script
+#
+# Nuke already running instances of polybar
+killall -q polybar
+
+# Launch bar called cribac
+echo "---" | tee -a /tmp/polybar_cribac.log
+polybar cribac 2>&1 | tee -a /tmp/polybar_cribac.log & disown
+echo "Polybar cribac launched..."