Display keyboard layout using new i3status wrapper *i3staplus*

dotfiles/i3/bin/i3staplus

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/dash
+
+# prepend i3status with more stuff
+
+mkfield() {
+    local layout
+    local color
+    layout=$(
+        setxkbmap -query \
+          | awk '/layout/{print $2}'
+    )
+    case $layout in
+        us) color='' ;;
+        *)  color=',"color": "red"' ;;
+    esac
+    printf '{"full_text": " %s"%s}' \
+        "$layout" "$color"
+}
+
+i3status \
+  | while true
+    do
+        read line
+        case $line in
+            '[{'*)  line="[$(mkfield),{${line#\[\{}" ;;
+            ',[{'*) line=",[$(mkfield),{${line#,\[\{}" ;;
+        esac
+        echo "$line"
+    done

dotfiles/i3/config

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ mode "resize" {
 }
 
 bar {
-        status_command i3status
+        status_command "~/.i3/bin/i3staplus"
         bindsym button2 exec thunar
         bindsym button3 exec "$spn xclose"
         separator_symbol "•"

dotfiles/i3status.conf

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 general {
         colors = true
         interval = 5
+        output_format = i3bar
 }
 
 order += "battery 0"