manpage: Quality improvements - slstatus - status monitor
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(HTM) Author: drkhsh <me@drkhsh.at>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:43:14 +0200
manpage: Quality improvements
Adds signals section to the manpage and generally improves contents and
wording
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-.Dd 2020-06-23
+.Dd 2023-04-23
.Dt SLSTATUS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm slstatus
-.Nd suckless status monitor
+.Nd suckless status
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl s
.Op Fl 1
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-is a suckless status monitor for window managers that use WM_NAME (e.g. dwm) or
-stdin to fill the status bar.
+is a small tool for providing system status information to other programs
+over the EWMH
+.Em WM_NAME
+property of the root window (used by
+.Xr dwm 1 ) or standard input/output. It is designed to be as efficient as possible by
+only issuing the minimum of system calls required.
+.P
By default,
.Nm
outputs to WM_NAME.
@@ -26,3 +31,15 @@ Write once to stdout and quit.
.Nm
can be customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
+.Sh SIGNALS
+.Nm
+responds to the following signals:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width TERM -compact
+.It USR1
+Triggers an instant redraw.
+.El
+.Sh AUTHORS
+See the LICENSE file for the authors.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr dwm 1