Scriptinator

NOTE: this is the Plasma 6 port of Scriptinator. The Plasma 5 version can still be found in the plasma5-branch branch, but I won't be working on it anymore. Eventual merge request to that branch are welcome anyway!

install

to install Scriptinator you can use the install.sh script:

git clone https://github.com/tubbadu/Scriptinator
cd Scriptinator
bash ./install.sh

usage

add the plasmoid to the desktop or to a panel, then right click on it and select configure:

• introduction:

  whenever a command is launched by the plasmoid, it searches the output of that command for a pattern like this:

  {PlasmoidIconStart}/home/path/to/icon.png{PlasmoidIconEnd}
  {PlasmoidTooltipStart}some text here{PlasmoidTooltipEnd} 

  and then, if found, changes its icon and/or tooltip to the specified new value.

  if no "formatted" output is returned, nothing is changed.

• custom icon full path:

  the icon specified here will be set as the plasmoid icon as soon as plasmashell starts.

  use the full icon path, so don't do ~/icon.png and $HOME/icon.png as they may not work.

  also system icon names can be used: plasma

• init script:

  this script will be run just once when the plasmashell is started, so it could be useful to dynamically set an icon or a tooltip. You can do this with:

  echo '{PlasmoidIconStart}/home/path/to/icon.png{PlasmoidIconEnd}'  
  echo '{PlasmoidTooltipStart}/home/path/to/icon.png{PlasmoidTooltipEnd}'  

  or by calling any script that returns such a string as output (it can be just part of the out, and not the only output).

  NOTE: the icon is not changed unless an output in this pattern is returned by a script launched by Scriptinator.

• OnClick script, WheelUp script, WheelDown script:

  these scripts will be run whenever you (left-)click or scroll up or down with the mouse on the plasmoid. You can also change the plasmoid icon as explained above.

• OnMouseOver script:

  launches this command whenever the cursor comes over the widget. You may want to use this to change the tooltip.

• Show background:

  uncheck this to remove that black square around your widget (only if the widget is placed on the desktop).

  Use it only if you use transparent icons, otherwhise it will be unuseful.

  NOTE! If this option is disabled, and you accidentally set an icon to something that does not exist, the plasmoid will become completely invisible; so, if you don't remember where it was placed you will lose it!

• Show tooltip:

  if this is checked, hovering the mouse on the widget will display a tooltip containing the output of the last command run (including the seticon string), or a custom tooltip as explained below.

• Use custom tooltip:

  check this if you want a custom tooltip (specified in the configuration of the plasmoid or set dynamically with a command).

  Note: You can use HTML formatting for the tooltip, such as <b>bold</b> and so on, but CSS won't work.

• Custom tooltip:

  specify here the custom tooltip. if the use custom tooltip option is disabled, this will not be shown (really strange, isn't it? XD)

• Custom Height and Width:

  if set to 0, the plasmoid will determine its size automatically; otherwise, it will set its size to the specified one (only if the widget is placed on the desktop).

  NOTE: You may set the height to a number, and the width to 0 (or vice versa) to have one fixed dimension, with the other set automatically

Scriptinator is also shown in the system tray, but it's disabled by default: you can right click the system tray, and select Configure System Tray... > Entries, scroll down to Scriptinator, and set it to Show when relevant.

You can then change its state with:

{PlasmoidStatusStart}insert new status here{PlasmoidStatusEnd}

there are 4 possible status values:

• active will keep Scriptinator visible in the system tray

• passive will keep Scriptinator hidden in the system tray, but visible in system tray popup window

• attention will draw attention to the plasmoid, displaying and making it pulse until a new status is set

• hidden will always hide Scriptinator, even in the system tray popup window

NOTE! After changing preferences, if the changes don't apply immediately, just restart your session or launch plasmashell --replace in a terminal (or in krunner, better)

examples

• systemd monitor

TODO

• [ ] I dunno; if something comes to my mind I'll write it here
• [ ] add the double tooltip
• [ ] add the {PlasmoidTextStart} feature
• [ ] make the assigned shortcut work
• [x] update init script description (not so clear)
• [ ] [difficult] control Scriptinator externally (like dbus or something like that)
• [ ] make a new UI for the help page, the current one is awful
• [ ] add the "attention for just a few seconds" status, which will set it to attention, and after a few seconds, to active