From 288f9c41275288a2bd0193986f22206c81c2b5cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: José Juan Loeza Sierra <jj@xz6ze.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:04:54 -0700
Subject: replace separator image with an icon

the image was KILLING my battery. Having the image maintained a
constant CPU pressure. Maybe a waybar bug? I couldn't find anything in
the GitHub issues.
---
 dot-config/waybar/assets/panel-separator.png | Bin 116 -> 0 bytes
 dot-config/waybar/config.jsonc               |   9 +++++----
 dot-config/waybar/style.css                  |   4 ++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 dot-config/waybar/assets/panel-separator.png

(limited to 'dot-config/waybar')

diff --git a/dot-config/waybar/assets/panel-separator.png b/dot-config/waybar/assets/panel-separator.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ce033f..0000000
Binary files a/dot-config/waybar/assets/panel-separator.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/dot-config/waybar/config.jsonc b/dot-config/waybar/config.jsonc
index a7a8f5b..de07775 100644
--- a/dot-config/waybar/config.jsonc
+++ b/dot-config/waybar/config.jsonc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "network",
         "pulseaudio",
         "battery",
-	"image#separator",
+	"custom/separator",
         "clock",
         "custom/swaync",
     ],
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@
     "escape": true
     },
 
-    "image#separator": {
-      "path": "/home/jose/.config/waybar/assets/panel-separator.png",
-    },
+  "custom/separator": {
+    "format": "𜱄",
+    "tooltip": false,
+  },
 
     "clock": {
         // "timezone": "America/New_York",
diff --git a/dot-config/waybar/style.css b/dot-config/waybar/style.css
index 4b6a6ee..a7237b4 100644
--- a/dot-config/waybar/style.css
+++ b/dot-config/waybar/style.css
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@ tooltip label {
     animation-iteration-count: infinite;
     animation-direction: alternate;
 }
+
+#custom-separator {
+    margin: 0px 8px 0px 8px;
+}
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