YAD - Tips

[Mike Walsh]

Hiya, Fred.

Hi Mike, something like this ?

Using a named pipe and added --listen and --no-middle to the notification command.
(without --no-middle the icon quits by mouse middle click)

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#!/bin/sh

# function quit_tray
quit_tray () {
# quit tray
echo "quit" > $PIPE
# cleanup, remove $PIPE
rm -f $PIPE
}; export -f quit_tray 

# create PIPE
export PIPE="/tmp/Y_NOTI_BRIGHT.$RANDOM"
mkfifo $PIPE

# attach a file descriptor to the file
exec 3<> $PIPE

# send menu to $PIPE
echo menu:"Quit!bash -c quit_tray!gtk-quit" >$PIPE &

yad --notification --listen --no-middle --text="Brightness control" --command='./usr/local/bin/Bright' --image='/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/Bright.png' <&3 

To make more menu entries it would be something like:

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echo menu:"Quit!bash -c quit_tray!gtk-quit| \
NAME!COMMAND!ICON| \
NAME!COMMAND!ICON" >$PIPE &

Fred

I like option 2, mate. With a head like mine, 'simple' is good, in my book..!

No, the modified 'one-liner' is exactly what I was looking for. It means that for some of my commonly-used tray 'utilities', if I don't want 'em there permanent, like, I can just dismiss 'em when I want to.

I want to re-build a few of my small 'tray-based' utilities as ROX-Apps - using your build-scripts - so I can dismiss 'em when required, in the same way that I can clear bigger self-extracters/portables by clicking the window 'X' (or click 'Cancel', or 'Quit' if it exists in the app itself).

Until now, the only way to get rid of the tray icon has been to re-start 'X'.....which isn't always convenient (especially if you're in the middle of summat important, y'know)? I remember I rebuilt a couple of 'em with a pinstall.sh for greengeek, but the way he runs his custom Slacko 560 is as a permanent 'Live' session, never saving except to external media.....so for him it all resets at every boot anyway.

Looking at stu91's script, I didn't think the one-liner could be quite that simple. That is very much appreciated.

Thanks, Fred!


Mike.

[fredx181]

You're welcome Mike !

Until now, the only way to get rid of the tray icon has been to re-start 'X'

Just for info, if you have a middle mouse button (scroll wheel) then you can always quit the tray icon by 'middle' clicking on it.
(that is: if the yad --notification command is without the --no-middle option).

Fred

[Mike Walsh]

@ Fred:-

Just for info, if you have a middle mouse button (scroll wheel) then you can always quit the tray icon by 'middle' clicking on it.
(that is: if the yad --notification command is without the --no-middle option).

A-ha. Nope, I wasn't aware of that. Shall have to experiment in a few of the other Pups.....see what happens.

Thanks for the tip.


Mike.

[fredx181]

Hi All, Re: Alarm again

As I like the themed version by Argolance and want to be able to use setting alarm to "relative" time (checkbox 'Set alarm after minutes/seconds') , I modified his version (hope you don't mind Argolance !).
Because of adding 3 more fields for that, I went for the horizontal view (otherwise the height would be too large).

Fred

[Argolance]

Hello,

(hope you don't mind Argolance !).

Absolutely not! On the contrary, this is very enjoyable and maybe the two versions will end up coming together, which would be the happiest ending!

Cordialement.

[fredx181]

maybe the two versions will end up coming together, which would be the happiest ending!

If it comes to an ending EVER !

Both versions updated ("yalarm" and Argolance's modified "yalrm") with added to the GUI a "Postpone" spin-button.
This way the exact amount of minutes to postpone can be pre-set from the main GUI.

Both versions have "gettext" for the text strings, but yalrm.mo translation file is not updated (in yalrm-0.6.1.pet).

Fred

[vovchik]

Dear Fred,

Here are two svgs that could be placed inside the script (i.e. self-contained) in place of the pngs. Next, I have to use hexdump or od to create a variable for the ttf - which could also be placed inside the script and copied into to $HOME/.local/share/fonts if it doesn't exist already. A desktop file could also be produced in the same way and copied ito $HOME/.local/share/applications/yalarm.desktop.

Happy holidays to all...

With kind regards,
vovchik

PS. base64 will do the variable encode/decode work nicely, enabling the font to be embedded in the script.

[vovchik]

Dear Fred,

Here is that ticker ttf within a script. I used base64. It works nicely.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[fredx181]

Ha ! Thanks very much vovchik !
Now... of course I couldn't resist putting together a completely self-contained script (attached) which will create all icons (.svg) and the ticking.ttf font for the current time display.
Also (if yalarm is placed in PATH, e.g. in /usr/bin) it will create a .desktop launcher in $HOME/.local/share/applications/ (after first time running the script), so it should appear then in the menu under "Utility".

Merry Christmas to everyone !

Fred

[vovchik]

Dear Fred,

Thanks. Very nice work - installed and functions as it should - with the nice font display and all icons. I like the self-contained script idea. Everything is there, so, if you have the script, it will just work and even perform the installation of needed bits and pieces if they are missing, including a menu entry. I like it!

With kind regards,
vovchik

[enrique]

@fredx181 is this an update/improve of what you post me before?
Some time I do cook rice. And I am starting to use it to remind me of the next step while cooking. See put it in to use.

[fredx181]

@fredx181 is this an update/improve of what you post me before?
Some time I do cook rice. And I am starting to use it to remind me of the next step while cooking. See put it in to use.

Yes, little bit improved with the postpone setting, here's a updated deb with the same changes:
https://github.com/doglinux/busterdog/r ... .2_all.deb

Fred

[enrique]

Thanks I will try it. HEHEHE I just trip my smoke alarm doing Hamburgers. Se you later

[stemsee]

I am not sure if others are aware of this, but concerning yad options; '--button' '--select-action' '--dclick-action' and '--form --field=:FBTN ""'
I have found that stringing multiple commands is reliable. Contrary to the yad manpage. I think misko does this, but anyway my findings are...

For example

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 yad --form --field="Strung Functions:FBTN" "bash -c 'apulse firefox; bash -c geany; bash -c trans_tray'"

So when the extra code is within the single quotes they work as expected for all the above options. using & doesn't work. using && between executables does.

Calling functions proceeds through all calls. executtables may need closing before succeeding commands execute, but this depends wether or not there is already an open process....eg firefox and geany, new windows will open without waiting for exit code (i guess).

I tried some other syntactical options, but these above were reliable.

This also worked for yad --plug=$$ --list --select-action, in a yad --paned

Happy 2020, Visionary Year

stemsee

[step]

[stemsee]

OK.....I should read the manpage ... finally!

[misko_2083]

OK.....I should read the manpage ... finally!

Noooo! Don't do it! If my calculations are correct, there is 89% chance you'll cause a blizzard via butterfly effect... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

here's a video of my fancy yad alarm with at command:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGNV2cLfF_I
It is designed for xfce since I use the fake window bar.
Nothing special with move/resize buttons: on click "xdotool key alt+F7" and alt+F8 respectively.
I'm not sure what keyboard combinations other window managers use to move windows.
However, Minimize, Maximize and Close should work with all wm's.
If not remove them and remove '--undecorate' option in the main dialog.

Since at command is used alarm will open after restart.

I borrowed a few lines from Fredx's script.
Requires: at, xfce4, wmctrl, xdotool, yad 0.42 (with html dialog), mpv
So install what is needed.

You can choose between running the file in mpv or a custom command.
If you type in custom command, don't use "@" character. This is the limitation.
Custom command can be firefox "www.youtube.com" for example.
Leave the custom blank for mpv.
Ticking "Loop forever" overides "repeat".
Job can be listed and removed via "List at Job" button.

Any open child windows will be killed after the main window is closed.

I've (ab)used DOM2 events in JavaScript to create a link and emulate mouseclick on that link to make yad to print the output.

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#!/bin/bash
# Fancy alarm Misko_2083 @ 2020
# Requires: at, xfce4, wmctrl, xdotool, yad 0.42 (with html dialog), mpv

#########################
# Begin User Interface  #
#########################

# JavaScript, HTML and CSS

YURI="$(cat << EOF
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

<!--CSS for the page-->
<style>
.body, .html {
  overflow-y: hidden;
  cursor: default;
  background-color: #CECECE;
}

.tooltip {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
}

.tooltip .tooltiptext {
  visibility: hidden;
  width: 120px;
  background-color: black;
  color: #fff;
  text-align: center;
  border-radius: 6px;
  padding: 5px 0;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  top: 180%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -60px;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 1s;
}

.tooltip:hover .tooltiptext {
  visibility: visible;
  opacity: 1;
}

.tooltip .tooltiptext::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 100%;
  left: 50%;
  margin-left: -5px;
  border-width: 5px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: transparent transparent black transparent;
}

.tooltip:hover .tooltiptext {
  visibility: visible;
}

#jsalarmclock{
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 14px;
}

#jsalarmclock div{
margin-bottom: 0.8em;
}

#jsalarmclock div.leftcolumn{
float: left;
width: 150px;
font-size: 14px;
clear: left;
}

#jsalarmclock span{
 margin-right: 10px;
}

#jsalarmclock input[type=number]{
 width: 50px;
}

p {
 font-weight: bold;
 font-size: 11px;
}

.btn {
  border: 2px solid black;
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
  padding: 8px 16px;
  position: sticky;
  font-size: 12px;
  cursor: default;
}

/* Green */
.bar {
  border-color: #4CAF50;
  color: green;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.bar:hover {
  background-color: #4CAF50;
  color: white;
}

/* Blue */
.bl {
  border-color: #2196F3;
  color: dodgerblue;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.bl:hover {
  background: #2196F3;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Orange */
.bltop {
  border-color: #ff9800;
  color: orange;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.bltop:hover {
  background: #ff9800;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Red */
.restart{
  border-color: #f44336;
  color: red;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.restart:hover {
  background: #f44336;
  color: white;
}

/* Gray */
.default {
  border-color: #000000;
  color: black;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.default:hover {
  background: #000000;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.title {
 font-size: 10px
 cursor: default;
}
</style>

<!--Script to prevent right click menu-->
<script type="text/javascript">
    if (document.addEventListener) { // IE >= 9; other browsers
        document.addEventListener('contextmenu', function(e) {
            //here you do nothing
            e.preventDefault();
        }, false);
    } else { // IE < 9
        document.attachEvent('oncontextmenu', function() {
            alert("You've tried to open context menu");
            window.event.returnValue = false;
        });
    }
</script>


<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************

* JavaScript Alarm Clock- by JavaScript Kit (www.javascriptkit.com)
* This notice must stay intact for usage
* Visit JavaScript Kit at http://www.javascriptkit.com/ for this script and 100s more

***********************************************/

/* Modified for my needs Misko_2083 */

var jsalarm={
	padfield:function(f){
		return (f<10)? "0"+f : f
	},
	showcurrenttime:function(){
		var dateobj=new Date()
		var ct=this.padfield(dateobj.getHours())+":"+this.padfield(dateobj.getMinutes())+":"+this.padfield(dateobj.getSeconds())
		this.ctref.innerHTML=ct
		this.ctref.setAttribute("title", ct)
	},
	init:function(){
		var dateobj=new Date()
		this.ctref=document.getElementById("jsalarm_ct")
		this.submitref=document.getElementById("submitbutton")
		this.submitref.onclick=function(){
			jsalarm.setalarm()
			//this.value="Alarm Set"
			this.disabled=false
			return false
		}
		var selections=document.getElementsByTagName("select")
		this.hourselect=selections[0]
		this.minuteselect=selections[1]
		for (var i=0; i<60; i++){
			if (i<24) //If still within range of hours field: 0-23
			this.hourselect[i]=new Option(this.padfield(i), this.padfield(i), false, dateobj.getHours()==i)
			this.minuteselect[i]=new Option(this.padfield(i), this.padfield(i), false, dateobj.getMinutes()+1==i)

		}
		jsalarm.showcurrenttime()
		jsalarm.timer=setInterval(function(){jsalarm.showcurrenttime()}, 1000)
	},
        info:function(a) {
                var h = document.createElement("p");
                var filename = String(a).replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, '');
                var t = document.createTextNode("Alarm "+filename);
                h.appendChild(t);
                document.body.appendChild(h);
                h.setAttribute("id", "info");
        },
        dom:function(a){
                // DOM 2 Events
                var dispatchMouseEvent = function(target, var_args) {
                  var e = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
                  // If you need clientX, clientY, etc., you can call
                  // initMouseEvent instead of initEvent
                  e.initEvent.apply(e, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
                  target.dispatchEvent(e);
                };
                dispatchMouseEvent(a, 'mouseover', true, true);
                dispatchMouseEvent(a, 'mousedown', true, true);
                dispatchMouseEvent(a, 'click', true, true);
                dispatchMouseEvent(a, 'mouseup', true, true);
        },
	setalarm:function(){
		this.hourwake=this.hourselect.options[this.hourselect.selectedIndex].value
		this.minutewake=this.minuteselect.options[this.minuteselect.selectedIndex].value
                var a = document.createElement('a');
                var linkText = document.createTextNode("Go");
                a.appendChild(linkText);
                a.title = "fake link";

                a.href = this.hourselect.options[this.hourselect.selectedIndex].value+":"+this.minuteselect.options[this.minuteselect.selectedIndex].value;
                jsalarm.dom(a)
                jsalarm.info(a)
                a.href = "repeat@"+document.getElementById("repeat").value;
                jsalarm.dom(a)
                if(document.getElementById("forever").checked == true) {
                  a.href = "repeat@"+document.getElementById("forever").value;
                  jsalarm.dom(a)
                }
                a.href = "command@"+document.getElementById("command").value;
                jsalarm.dom(a)
                //a.parentNode.removeChild(linkText);
		//this.hourselect.disabled=true
		//this.minuteselect.disabled=true
	}

}

</script>
</head>
<body class="body">

<!--left-->
<div 
 style="-moz-user-select: none; -webkit-user-select: none; -ms-user-select:none; user-select:none;-o-user-select:none;position:absolute;left:0;" 
 unselectable="on"
 onselectstart="return false;" 
 onmousedown="return false;">
<div class="tooltip">
   <a href="move" class="btn default">#</a>
   <span class="tooltiptext">Move</span>
</div>
<text class="title"> Alarm </text>

</div>

<!--right-->
<div 
 style="-moz-user-select: none; -webkit-user-select: none; -ms-user-select:none; user-select:none;-o-user-select:none;position:absolute;right:0;" 
 unselectable="on"
 onselectstart="return false;" 
 onmousedown="return false;">

<!--Here you define window button links and text-->
<div class="tooltip">
   <a href="resize" class="btn bar">+</a>
   <span class="tooltiptext">Resize</span>
</div>
<div class="tooltip">
   <a href="minimize" class="btn bltop">_</a>
   <span class="tooltiptext">Minimize</span>
</div>
<div class="tooltip">
   <a href="maximize" class="btn bl">[]</a>
   <span class="tooltiptext">Maximize</span>
</div>
<a href="exit" class="btn restart">X</a>


</div>

<br />
<br />
 <form action="" method="">
  <div id="jsalarmclock">
  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Current Time:</div> <span id="jsalarm_ct" style="letter-spacing: 2px"></span></div>
  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Set Alarm:</div> <span><select></select> Hour</span> <span><select></select> Minutes</span> </div>

  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Repeat:</div><input size="5" type="number" id="repeat" min="1" value="1"/>  <br>
        <div class="leftcolumn">Loop forever</div> <input type="checkbox" id="forever" value="forever"/>
       <span style="font: normal 11px Tahoma">Loop forever overides repeat</span> <br>
  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Set file:</div><a href="file:///musicfile@"><button type="button">Select a file to play</button></a>
             <span style="font: normal 11px Tahoma">Select a file to run with mpv or type in a custom action</span></div>
  <div><div class="leftcolumn">Set Custom Action:</div> <input type="text" id="command" size="55" value="" /> <br>
       <span style="font: normal 11px Tahoma">*Command to launch, if empty mpv will be used (do not use "@" character here)</span></div>
  <input type="submit" value="Set Alarm!" id="submitbutton" />

  </div>
</form>

<a href="file:///atq@"><button type="button">At Job List</button></a>

<script type="text/javascript">

jsalarm.init()

</script>
</body>
</html>
EOF
)"
#########################
# End of User interface #
#########################

#########################
# Bash functions        #
#########################
# fuction to recursively kill all descendants
function _kill_descendant_processes() {
    local pid="$1"
    local and_self="${2:-false}"
    if children="$(pgrep -P "$pid")"; then
        for child in $children; do
            _kill_descendant_processes "$child" true
        done
    fi
    if [[ "$and_self" == true ]]; then
        kill -SIGTERM "$pid"
    fi
}

# Main window
function _yad_ui(){
    # Set the line buffering with stdbuf
    echo "${YURI}" | stdbuf -oL -eL yad --title="Set Alarm" --width=650 --height=500 --no-escape \
    --html --no-buttons --print-uri --undecorated --borders=0 --window-icon="alarm1c.png" 2>&1 & echo $!
}

# Main Function
function _do_stuff(){
    # fetch yad process id
    read YAD_PID

    # read yad stdout line by line
    while read -r line
    do
        case ${line##*/} in
            resize) xdotool key alt+F8 ;;
            move) xdotool key alt+F7 ;;
            exit) if yad --width=400 --title="Set Alarm" --height=100 --text="Exit?" --button="No:1" --button="Yes:0" --window-icon="alarm1c.png" 2>/dev/null; then
                      kill -SIGUSR1 $YAD_PID ;
                     _kill_descendant_processes $$ 2>/dev/null;
                     break
                  fi
                  ;;
            minimize) xdotool getactivewindow windowminimize ;;
            maximize)    if xprop -id $(xprop -root 32x '\t$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) _NET_WM_STATE | grep -E "MAXIMIZED_HORZ.*MAXIMIZED_VERT|MAXIMIZED_VERT.*MAXIMIZED_HORZ" > /dev/null 2>&1
                         then
                             wmctrl -ir $(xprop -root 32x '\t$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) -b remove,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
                         else
                             wmctrl -ir $(xprop -root 32x '\t$0' _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | cut -f 2) -b add,maximized_vert,maximized_horz
                         fi ;;
         [0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]*)
            #kill -SIGUSR1 $YAD_PID
            echo "Alarm set to: ${line##*/}"
            alarm_time="${line##*/}"           
;;
                   repeat@*) REPEAT="$(echo  "${line##*@}" | sed 's/%20/ /g')"
;;
                   command@*) COMMAND="$(echo  "${line##*@}" | sed 's/%20/ /g')"

if [ ! -e "/tmp/yalarm.$$" ] ; then
      MUSIC="$(yad --width=600 --height=500 \
                    --title="Alarm" --text="Select a file to play in mpv" \
                    --file-filter="Audio | *.mp3 *.MP3 *.wav *.WAV *.ogg *.OGG" \
                    --file 2>/dev/null)"
      [ $? != 0 ] && continue
       echo "${MUSIC}" > /tmp/yalarm.$$
fi

# Fredx181
hrnow=$(echo $(date +"%k"))

# For when trying to set alarm for next day e.g. from current 21:00 to target 6:00
if [ "${alarm_time%%:*}" -eq "$hrnow" ] &&  [ "${alarm_time##*:}" -le "$(date +"%M")" ]; then
    # prompt yes/no in case accidentally chosen current hour but less than current minute
    yad --center --title="Are you sure?" --text="Are you sure to set the alarm to ${alarm_time} - tomorrow ?" --width=400 --button="Yes:0"  --button="No:1"
[ $? -ne 0 ] &&  continue 
fi

if [ ! "${COMMAND}" = "" ]; then
at "${alarm_time}" << EOF
exec env DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" $(echo  "${line##*@}" | sed 's/%20/ /g') &
EOF
else
    if [  "${REPEAT}" = "forever" ]; then
at "${alarm_time}" << EOF
exec env DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" mpv --force-window --loop inf "$(cat /tmp/yalarm.$$)"
EOF
    else
at "${alarm_time}" << EOF
exec env DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" mpv --force-window --loop "${REPEAT}" "$(cat /tmp/yalarm.$$)"
EOF
   fi
fi

# Here we set alarm
#at "${alarm_time}" << EOF
#exec env DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" $(echo  "${line##*@}" | sed 's/%20/ /g')
#EOF
;;
                   atq@*) (REMOVE_JOB="$(atq | yad --list --width=600 --height=500 \
                                                  --text="Select 'at' job to remove or close this window" \
                                                  --column "Job List" \
                                                  --button="Remove at Job" 2>/dev/null \
                                            | awk '{print $1}')"
                          if [[ "${REMOVE_JOB}" == [0-9]* ]]; then
                             echo "${REMOVE_JOB}"
                             atrm "${REMOVE_JOB}"
                             killall mpv
                          fi) &                      
;;
                   musicfile@*) (MUSIC="$(yad --width=600 --height=500 \
                                              --title="Alarm" --text="Select a file to play in mpv" \
                                              --file-filter="Audio | *.mp3 *.wav" \
                                              --file 2>/dev/null)" \
                                               [ $? = 0 ] && echo "${MUSIC}" > /tmp/yalarm.$$) &
;;
       esac 
    done
rm /tmp/yalarm.$$
exit
}

_yad_ui | _do_stuff & wait $! 2>/dev/null

[Argolance]

Bonjour,
XkbSS 0.1 - Xkb Systray Layout Switcher using:

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yad --notification.

Cordialement.