customize status bar

i3wm/.config/i3/config

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
 # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
-font pango:Source Code Pro, IconicIcons 8
+font pango:Source Code Pro, Font Awesome 5 Free 8
 
 
 # Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default:

i3wm/.config/i3status/config

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 general {
         colors = true
         interval = 5
+        separator = " | "
+
 }
 
 order += "ipv6"
@@ -23,44 +25,48 @@ order += "cpu_usage"
 order += "tztime local"
 
 wireless _first_ {
-        format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid) %ip"
-        format_down = "W: down"
+        format_up = "  (%quality at %essid) %ip"
+        format_down = "  down"
 }
 
 ethernet _first_ {
         # if you use %speed, i3status requires root privileges
-        format_up = "E: %ip (%speed)"
-        format_down = "E: down"
+        format_up = "  %ip (%speed)"
+        format_down = "  down"
 }
 
 battery all {
         format = " %status %percentage %remaining"
+        status_full = " "
+        status_bat = " "
+        status_chr = " "
+        status_unk = " "
 }
 
 volume master {
-        format = "♪ %volume"
-        format_muted = "♪ muted (%volume)"
+        format = " %volume"
+        format_muted = "  muted (%volume)"
         device = "default"
         mixer = "Master"
         mixer_idx = 0
 }
 
 tztime local {
-        format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+        format = "  %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 }
 
 load {
-        format = "%1min %5min"
+        format = "  %1min %5min"
 }
 
 cpu_usage {
-        format = "%usage"
+        format = "  %usage"
 }
 
 disk "/" {
-        format = "%avail (%percentage_avail)"
+        format = "  %avail (%percentage_avail)"
 }
 
 disk "/home" {
-        format = "%avail (%percentage_avail)"
+        format = "  %avail (%percentage_avail)"
 }