Linux utility to manage some UI elements on my fork of dwm:
- Show desktop notifications on volume and screen/keyboard backlight change
- Update the status bar
On my setup, I manually update the status bar by pressing MODKEY+Shift+b. However, I want the status bar to be automatically updated on the following events:
- Change of power source
- Change of volume
- Enable/disable wifi and bluetooth
For screen/keyboard backlight, uictl serves as a wrapper for the commands that perform the action and it sends the desktop notification.
For volume, uictl serves as a wrapper for the commands that perform the action then it sends the desktop notification and updates the status bar.
For wifi/bluetooth and power source, uictl uses a udev rule to update the status bar.
uictl has the following dependencies:
pactl(pulseaudio utils) for volume control- brightctl for backlight control
- tstat for volume info and setting the status bar
- A notification server for desktop notifications
Configuration is done via the config.mk, uictl and uictl_run files.
This file is where the installation options are specified. By default, installation is done under /usr/local.
This script is where the keyboard, screen and volume customisation takes place.
This script sets the required environment variables when uictl is called from the udev rules file. The PulseAudio application is specified here (e.g., pipewire-pulse or pulseaudio).
git clone https://github.com/icanalesm/uictl.git
cd uictl
Set the configuration in config.mk, uictl and uictl_run.
Install
sudo make install
uictl_run was inspired by Xpub.