Add example status_command to default config

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/config.in b/config.in
index 124f825d..72523816 100644
--- a/config.in
+++ b/config.in
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"
 # Read `man 5 sway-bar` for more information about this section.
 bar {
     position top
+
+    # When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.
+    # The default just shows the current date and time.
+    status_command while date +'%Y-%m-%d %l:%M:%S %p'; do sleep 1; done
+
     colors {
         statusline #ffffff
         background #323232