old_contents: from i3pystatus import Status
  from i3pystatus.updates import pacman, cower
  
  status = Status()
  
  # show updates in pacman/aur
  status.register(
      "updates",
      format=" {Pacman}/{Cower}",
      backends=[pacman.Pacman(), cower.Cower()]
  )
  
  # show clock
  status.register(
      "clock",
      format=" %a %d-%m-%y  %H:%M:%S"
  )
  
  # show/change current keyboard layout
  status.register(
      "xkblayout",
      format="  {name}",
      layouts=["br", "us"]
  )
  
  # show/change volume using PA
  status.register(
      "pulseaudio",
      format=" {volume}%",
      format_muted=" Mute"
  )
  
  # show network speed
  status.register(
      "network",
      format_up="{interface}  {bytes_recv}KiB/s  {bytes_sent}KiB/s",
      format_down="{interface} ",
      interface="wlp2s0"
  )
  
  # show battery status
  status.register(
      "battery",
      interval=5,
      format="[{status} ]{percentage:.0f}% {remaining}",
      alert=True,
      alert_percentage=15,
      status={
          "CHR": "⚡",
          "DPL": "",
          "DIS": "",
          "FULL": "",
      }
  )
  
  # show disk available space
  status.register(
      "disk",
      path="/",
      format=" {avail}GiB"
  )
  
  # show available memory
  status.register(
      "mem",
      format=" {avail_mem}GiB",
      warn_percentage=70,
      alert_percentage=90,
      divisor=1024**3
  )
  
  # show cpu usage
  status.register(
      "cpu_usage",
      format=" {usage:02}%"
  )
  
  # show focused window title
  status.register(
      "window_title",
      max_width=79
  )
  
  status.run()
  
new_contents: from i3pystatus import Status
  from i3pystatus.updates import pacman, cower
  
  status = Status()
  
  # show updates in pacman/aur
  status.register(
      "updates",
      format=" {Pacman}/{Cower}",
      backends=[pacman.Pacman(), cower.Cower()]
  )
  
  # show clock
  status.register(
      "clock",
      format=" %a %d-%m-%y  %H:%M:%S"
  )
  
  # show/change current keyboard layout
  status.register(
      "xkblayout",
      format="  {name}",
      layouts=["br", "us"]
  )
  
  # show/change volume using PA
  status.register(
      "pulseaudio",
      format=" {volume}%",
      format_muted=" Mute"
  )
  
  # show network speed
  status.register(
      "network",
      format_up="{interface:.2}  {bytes_recv}K  {bytes_sent}K",
      format_down="{interface:.2} ",
      interface="wlp2s0"
  )
  
  # show battery status
  status.register(
      "battery",
      interval=5,
      format="[{status} ]{percentage:.0f}% {remaining}",
      alert=True,
      alert_percentage=15,
      status={
          "CHR": "⚡",
          "DPL": "",
          "DIS": "",
          "FULL": "",
      }
  )
  
  # show disk available space
  status.register(
      "disk",
      path="/",
      format=" {avail}G"
  )
  
  # show available memory
  status.register(
      "mem",
      format=" {avail_mem}G",
      warn_percentage=70,
      alert_percentage=90,
      divisor=1024**3
  )
  
  # show cpu usage
  status.register(
      "cpu_usage",
      format=" {usage:02}%"
  )
  
  # show focused window title
  status.register(
      "window_title",
      max_width=79
  )
  
  status.run()
  
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