option for disabling status for less distraction

[distro-setup] / myi3status

diff --git a/myi3status b/myi3status
index 189e9f03ab7e6034106a26d3f53755a0a5fa2b6d..7183a8ff7eec6360277ed807bfad2befc7925ca4 100755 (executable)
--- a/myi3status
+++ b/myi3status
@@ -294,9 +294,13 @@ if (( $# )); then
 else
   printf '{ "version": 1, "click_events": true }\n['
   while true; do
-    main
-    line=
-    read -r -t 3 line ||:
+    if [[ -e /tmp/noi3bar ]]; then
+      sleep 10
+    else
+      main
+      line=
+      read -r -t 3 line ||:
+    fi
   done
 fi