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chang-zhao

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Registered: 2023-11-20

Posts: 42

[HowTo] Universal Switch Button

Here is a Switch Button script for XFCE panel, implemented via genmon plugin.

It tracks its state (on/off), and with minimal modifications it can have more than 2 states (as many as you want).

When clicked, it runs commands, e.g.

  genmon-switch-on.sh      when "switching on"
  genmon-switch-off.sh      when "switching off"

(It changes its icon and sends notifications in accordance, using `notify-send`).

It can be used to:

• Switch day/night visual theme

• Start/stop some background process/service (e.g. web server)

• Open/close a remote connection (SOCKS5, ssh etc.)

...and whatnot. Details, scripts, usage:

https://codeberg.org/chang-zhao/genmon-switch

Last edited by chang-zhao (2023-12-03 02:45:50)

CwF

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Registered: 2018-01-28

Posts: 305

Re: [HowTo] Universal Switch Button

Helpful, thanks.