From 202b216c1408db58a7e6916112c6bba30f8dcc6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:22:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs/userguide: document the output bar option
---
docs/userguide | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/userguide b/docs/userguide
index 3c0c6856..135c6bae 100644
--- a/docs/userguide
+++ b/docs/userguide
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ exec_always command
*Examples*:
--------------------------------
-exec i3status | i3bar -d
+exec chromium
exec_always ~/my_script.sh
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@@ -844,6 +844,36 @@ position <top|bottom>
position top
---------------------
+=== Output(s)
+
+You can restrict i3bar to one or more outputs (monitors). The default is to
+handle all outputs. Restricting the outputs is useful for using different
+options for different outputs by using multiple 'bar' blocks.
+
+*Syntax*:
+---------------
+output <output>
+---------------
+
+*Example*:
+-------------------------------
+# big monitor: everything
+bar {
+ output HDMI2
+ status_command i3status
+}
+
+# laptop monitor: bright colors and i3status with less modules.
+bar {
+ output LVDS1
+ status_command i3status --config ~/.i3status-small.conf
+ colors {
+ background #000000
+ statusline #ffffff
+ }
+}
+-------------------------------
+
=== Tray output
i3bar by default provides a system tray area where programs such as