a fully functional version

vdstatus_i3

@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3 -u
-import json
+from sys import argv
+import argparse
 import vdstatus
-import time
 
 
-print('{"version":1}')
-print('[')
-while True:
-    vdstatus.run_plugins()
+def parse_arguments(arguments=argv[1:]):
+    desc = ('A simple i3status replacement, '
+            'and more. Warning: WIP, may be broken.')
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=desc)
+    p.add_argument('-c', '--config', help='configuration file')
+
+    return p.parse_args(arguments)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    args = parse_arguments()
+    if args.config is not None:
+        vdstatus.run_plugins(args.config)
+    else:
+        vdstatus.run_plugins()