[Fluxbox-users] How to add battery monitor script to systemtray or toolbar?

[Ivan Uemlianin]

Dear All

I am using fluxbox 1.3.5 on FreeBSD 10.1.

I have a little shell script, called batt, that gets battery info
(percentage charge & estimated time left) and echoes it out like, "38%
(3:35)".

I would like to have this displayed in the fluxbox systemtray or toolbar.

- which is the right place?
- is it possible?
- how should it be done?

I can find no documentation on this. I have looked at the fluxbox web
site and the wiki on github.

With thanks and best wishes

Ivan
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Post by Ivan Uemlianin
I have a little shell script, called batt, that gets battery info
(percentage charge & estimated time left) and echoes it out like,
"38% (3:35)".
I would like to have this displayed in the fluxbox systemtray or toolbar.
- which is the right place?
- is it possible?
- how should it be done?

I'm not familiar with freebsd. But in slackware (linux) i use kdocker
to reduce to the systray "arm" (a cli utility to control tor).

The cmd looks like this:

---
xterm -title TorControl -e "sudo -u tor arm -c ~/.arm/armrc" &
kdocker -i /usr/share/pixmaps/onion.png -n TorControl
---

May be there are other utilities too to reduce apps to the systray ...
(?)

[Eric S Fraga]

Alternatively, you could use Conky to place the information anywhere on
the screen... this is what I do.

[Ivan Uemlianin]

Thanks both!

Those both sound worth a try. However, they both seem a bit heavyweight.

Is there no way to do what I actually want to do? (I've been using dwm
for a while and the status bar was essentially just a shell script).

Best wishes

Ivan

Post by Eric S Fraga
Alternatively, you could use Conky to place the information anywhere on
the screen... this is what I do.

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[Nable]

Post by Ivan Uemlianin
Those both sound worth a try. However, they both seem a bit heavyweight.
Is there no way to do what I actually want to do? (I've been using dwm
for a while and the status bar was essentially just a shell script).

It looks like there's fixed list of tools that can be added via Fluxbox's
'session.screen0.toolbar.tools' configuration option and showing
the output of shell script isn't among them (patches?).

Next idea is about putting something into systemtray.
If icon with tooltip suits you, then you can try `yad' tool, see here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20344674/bash-tool-to-put-an-icon-on-taskbar

If you need text that is always shown, there are rather simple solutions
using pygtk, e.g.: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-157545.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4708583/text-overlay-for-tray-icon

[Michael M. Tung]

Hi!

To add a program to the Fluxbox systemtray I use alltray:

https://launchpad.net/alltray/+announcements
http://alltray.trausch.us/ (main site currently down)

Highly recommendable. E.g. to run Telegram in Fluxbox one
can use in the .initrc

alltray -H -C -- /usr/local/bin/Telegram &

Best,
Mike

Post by Nable

Post by Ivan Uemlianin
Those both sound worth a try. However, they both seem a bit heavyweight.
Is there no way to do what I actually want to do? (I've been using dwm
for a while and the status bar was essentially just a shell script).

It looks like there's fixed list of tools that can be added via Fluxbox's
'session.screen0.toolbar.tools' configuration option and showing
the output of shell script isn't among them (patches?).
Next idea is about putting something into systemtray.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20344674/bash-tool-to-put-an-icon-on-taskbar
If you need text that is always shown, there are rather simple solutions
using pygtk, e.g.: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-157545.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4708583/text-overlay-for-tray-icon
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[Ivan Uemlianin]

Dear All

Thanks for all these ideas! I'll try a few things out and report back.

Best wishes

Ivan

Post by Michael M. Tung
Hi!
https://launchpad.net/alltray/+announcements
http://alltray.trausch.us/ (main site currently down)
Highly recommendable. E.g. to run Telegram in Fluxbox one
can use in the .initrc
alltray -H -C -- /usr/local/bin/Telegram &
Best,
Mike

Post by Nable

Post by Ivan Uemlianin
Those both sound worth a try. However, they both seem a bit heavyweight.
Is there no way to do what I actually want to do? (I've been using dwm
for a while and the status bar was essentially just a shell script).

It looks like there's fixed list of tools that can be added via Fluxbox's
'session.screen0.toolbar.tools' configuration option and showing
the output of shell script isn't among them (patches?).
Next idea is about putting something into systemtray.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20344674/bash-tool-to-put-an-icon-on-taskbar
If you need text that is always shown, there are rather simple solutions
using pygtk, e.g.: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-157545.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4708583/text-overlay-for-tray-icon
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[emak]

Post by Ivan Uemlianin
Thanks both!
Those both sound worth a try. However, they both seem a bit heavyweight.
Is there no way to do what I actually want to do? (I've been using dwm
for a while and the status bar was essentially just a shell script).
Best wishes
Ivan

Post by Eric S Fraga
Alternatively, you could use Conky to place the information anywhere on
the screen... this is what I do.

For simplicity I just use xosd. This is my setting in ~/.fluxbox/keys
which can be adapted to meet your needs:
Mod4 b :Exec /usr/bin/acpi | cut -d ":" -f 2 | cut -d
"," -f 1,2 | osd_cat --align=right --pos=bottom --offset=-110
--indent=130 --colour=yellow --delay=3 -f "-*-dejavu
sans-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

Cheers
emak

[emak]

Post by Ivan Uemlianin
Thanks both!
Those both sound worth a try. However, they both seem a bit heavyweight.
Is there no way to do what I actually want to do? (I've been using dwm
for a while and the status bar was essentially just a shell script).
Best wishes
Ivan

Post by Eric S Fraga
Alternatively, you could use Conky to place the information anywhere on
the screen... this is what I do.

For simplicity I just use xosd. This is my setting in ~/.fluxbox/keys
which can be adapted to meet your needs:
Mod4 b :Exec /usr/bin/acpi | cut -d ":" -f 2 | cut -d
"," -f 1,2 | osd_cat --align=right --pos=bottom --offset=-110
--indent=130 --colour=yellow --delay=3 -f "-*-dejavu
sans-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

Cheers
emak

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Am Thu, 22 Jan 2015 07:10:30 +0000

Post by Eric S Fraga
Alternatively, you could use Conky to place the information anywhere
on the screen... this is what I do.

Yep! Me too ... ;) But the original question was for the systray.

Another way could be to not use the fluxbox built-in panel but tint2
instead which has a battery functionality built in. But: doing so may
be the combo openbox & tint2 would be the more reasonable idea.

Cheers!