refactoring output_format config query into setup

py3status/core.py

@@ -677,6 +677,10 @@ def setup(self):
             # load and spawn i3status.conf configured modules threads
             self.load_modules(self.py3_modules, user_modules)
 
+        self.output_format = self.config["py3_config"]["general"].get(
+            "output_format", "i3bar"
+        )
+
     def notify_user(
         self,
         msg,
@@ -971,7 +975,7 @@ def process_module_output(self, module):
                     if "color" not in output:
                         output["color"] = color
         # Create the tmux string output.
-        if self.config["py3_config"]["general"].get("output_format") == "tmux":
+        if self.output_format == "tmux":
             for output in outputs:
                 if "color" in output:
                     tmux_full_text = f"#[fg={output['color'].lower()}]{output['full_text']}#[default]"
@@ -1049,7 +1053,7 @@ def run(self):
             "click_events": self.config["click_events"],
             "stop_signal": self.stop_signal or 0,
         }
-        if self.config["py3_config"]["general"].get("output_format") != "tmux":
+        if self.output_format != "tmux":
             write(dumps(header))
             write("\n[[]\n")
 
@@ -1080,7 +1084,7 @@ def run(self):
 
                 # build output string and dump to stdout
                 out = ""
-                if self.config["py3_config"]["general"].get("output_format") == "tmux":
+                if self.output_format == "tmux":
                     out = "#[fg=brightblack]|#[default]".join(x for x in output if x)
                     write(f"{out}\n")
                 else: