old_contents: from i3pystatus import IntervalModule
  from psutil import virtual_memory
  from i3pystatus.core.color import ColorRangeModule
  from i3pystatus.core.util import make_bar
  
  
  class MemBar(IntervalModule, ColorRangeModule):
      """
      Shows memory load as a bar.
  
      .. rubric:: Available formatters
  
      * {used_mem_bar}
  
      Requires psutil and colour (from PyPI)
      """
  
      format = "{used_mem_bar}"
      color = "#00FF00"
      warn_color = "#FFFF00"
      alert_color = "#FF0000"
      warn_percentage = 50
      alert_percentage = 80
      multi_colors = False
  
      def init(self):
          self.colors = self.get_hex_color_range(self.color, self.alert_color, 100)
  
      settings = (
          ("format", "format string used for output."),
          ("warn_percentage", "minimal percentage for warn state"),
          ("alert_percentage", "minimal percentage for alert state"),
          ("color", "standard color"),
          ("warn_color",
           "defines the color used when warn percentage is exceeded"),
          ("alert_color",
           "defines the color used when alert percentage is exceeded"),
          ("multi_colors", "whether to use range of colors from 'color' to 'alert_color' based on memory usage."),
      )
  
      def run(self):
          memory_usage = virtual_memory()
  
          if self.multi_colors:
              color = self.get_gradient(memory_usage.percent, self.colors)
          elif memory_usage.percent >= self.alert_percentage:
              color = self.alert_color
          elif memory_usage.percent >= self.warn_percentage:
              color = self.warn_color
          else:
              color = self.color
  
          self.output = {
              "full_text": self.format.format(
                  used_mem_bar=make_bar(memory_usage.percent)),
              "color": color
          }
  
new_contents: from i3pystatus import IntervalModule
  from psutil import virtual_memory
  from i3pystatus.core.color import ColorRangeModule
  from i3pystatus.core.util import make_bar
  
  
  class MemBar(IntervalModule, ColorRangeModule):
      """
      Shows memory load as a bar.
  
      .. rubric:: Available formatters
  
      * {used_mem_bar}
  
      Requires psutil and colour (from PyPI)
      """
  
      format = "{used_mem_bar}"
      color = "#00FF00"
      warn_color = "#FFFF00"
      alert_color = "#FF0000"
      warn_percentage = 50
      alert_percentage = 80
      multi_colors = False
  
      def init(self):
          self.colors = self.get_hex_color_range(self.color, self.alert_color, 100)
  
      settings = (
          ("format", "format string used for output."),
          ("warn_percentage", "minimal percentage for warn state"),
          ("alert_percentage", "minimal percentage for alert state"),
          ("color", "standard color"),
          ("warn_color",
           "defines the color used when warn percentage is exceeded"),
          ("alert_color",
           "defines the color used when alert percentage is exceeded"),
          ("multi_colors", "whether to use range of colors from 'color' to 'alert_color' based on memory usage."),
      )
  
      def run(self):
          memory_usage = virtual_memory()
  
          if self.multi_colors:
              color = self.get_gradient(memory_usage.percent, self.colors)
          elif memory_usage.percent >= self.alert_percentage:
              color = self.alert_color
          elif memory_usage.percent >= self.warn_percentage:
              color = self.warn_color
          else:
              color = self.color
  
          self.output = {
              "full_text": self.format.format(
                  used_mem_bar=make_bar(memory_usage.percent)),
              "short_text": "",
              "color": color
          }
  
subject: Add short_text for mem_bar