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- Miscellany
- Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at 11:33:15pm MDT
- #!/bin/bash
- # toggle_conky
- # a script to change compiz overlapping_outputs option
- # which is used for example to reserve area of screen for conky
- # requires dbus-send, running compiz with dbus enabled, notify-send
- # adjust icon below to path to the one you want for the on-screen message
- # written by Robert Sohn (aka grepper)
- larger=false
- smaller=false
- force_fullscreen=false
- icon=/home/robert/.local/share/icons/conky-blue.png
- while getopts ":w" opt; do
- case $opt in
- w)
- force_fullscreen=:
- ;;
- \?)
- echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
- ;;
- esac
- done
- # find out current state of compiz overlapping_outputs option
- result=$(dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call \
- --dest=org.freedesktop.compiz \
- /org/freedesktop/compiz/core/screen0/overlapping_outputs \
- org.freedesktop.compiz.get |awk '{ field = $NF }; END{ print field }')
- if [[ $result == 1 || $result == 2 ]]; then
- overlap=$result
- else # notify in case communication failed
- notify-send -t 8000 -i /home/robert/.local/share/icons/conky-red.png \
- "Compiz" "The was a problem with the dbus communication"
- exit
- fi
- # breakpoint
- # prefer larger is 1, perfer smaller is 2
- #if $force_fullscreen && ((result != 1)); then
- # overlap=1
- # screensize="whole screen"
- #elif $force_fullscreen && ((result==1))
- # # already set to fullscreen, just exit
- # exit
- if ((overlap==1)); then
- $force_fullscreen && exit # already set to desired int, just exit
- overlap=2
- screensize="partial screen"
- else
- overlap=1
- screensize="whole screen"
- fi
- # send the message
- dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call \
- --dest=org.freedesktop.compiz \
- /org/freedesktop/compiz/core/screen0/overlapping_outputs \
- org.freedesktop.compiz.set int32:$overlap
- # on-screen info message with graceful timeout
- notify-send -t 4000 -i $icon \
- "Compiz" "Using $screensize for maximized windows"
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