arcanbar

Polybar-shaped status surface for Arcan.

This is a fresh port target, not a C++ fork. Polybar stays cloned at ../polybar-upstream as reference. Arcanbar keeps the useful model: small modules produce text, one bar surface renders it, actions stay external.

Run

arcan -t appls -T /path/to/arcan/data/scripts -p /path/to/arcan/data/resources arcanbar

Feed it:

bin/arcanbar-status > /path/to/arcan/data/resources/arcanbar.status

Shape

• appls/arcanbar/arcanbar.lua: Arcan appl.
• bin/arcanbar-status: Polybar-equivalent module collector.
• tests/status.sh: smallest runnable check.

Polybar Reference

Polybar has X11-specific bar, tray, IPC, and window modules. Arcanbar keeps module output and drops X11 ownership. Arcan owns display, input, and client integration.

Screenshot

Generated screenshots are local smoke artifacts and are not committed.

Smoke

./ci.sh

This checks the Polybar reference clone, module output, and Arcan Lua surface calls.

Optional graphical smoke:

tests/graphical_smoke.sh
tests/ssh_smoke.sh undivisible@192.168.4.134
tests/screenshot_smoke.sh undivisible@192.168.4.134 /tmp/arcanbar-arcan-xvfb.png

graphical_smoke.sh exits 77 when no arcan or arcan_headless runtime is installed.