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| author | Alexander Scharinger <rng.dynamics@gmail.com> | 2021-10-16 19:53:27 +0200 |
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| committer | Alexander Scharinger <rng.dynamics@gmail.com> | 2021-10-16 21:09:58 +0200 |
| commit | bbf9706a4ae782330d4736f46be1d3e4a906120e (patch) | |
| tree | b1b39def017b785890cbf6fd06604c6ac125073f | |
| parent | 173ef2fab3997fabbc3b93a7df6798a9bd4c6f25 (diff) | |
feature: add brightnessctl to brightness-widget
| -rw-r--r-- | brightness-widget/README.md | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | brightness-widget/brightness.lua | 11 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/brightness-widget/README.md b/brightness-widget/README.md index 47f7d9c..5bf0794 100644 --- a/brightness-widget/README.md +++ b/brightness-widget/README.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the | Name | Default | Description | |---|---|---| | `type`| `arc` | The widget type. Could be `arc` or `icon_and_text` | -| `program` | `light` | The program used to control the brightness, either 'light' or 'xbacklight'. | +| `program` | `light` | The program used to control the brightness, either `light`, `xbacklight`, or `brightnessctl`. | | `step` | 5 | Step | | `base` | 20 | Base level to set brightness to on left click. | | `path_to_icon` | `/usr/share/icons/Arc/status/symbolic/display-brightness-symbolic.svg` | Path to the icon | @@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ To choose the right `program` argument, first you need to check which of them wo ``` If you're on Ubuntu/debian and if the brightness level doesn't change, try to do this: https://github.com/haikarainen/light/issues/113#issuecomment-632638436. + - using `brightnessctl`: + + On Ubuntu it is available in the apt repository. Install and check the ouptut of the following command. + ```bash + brightnessctl --list + ``` + Then clone this repo under **~/.config/awesome/**: ```bash diff --git a/brightness-widget/brightness.lua b/brightness-widget/brightness.lua index b66b1f0..ffdeb7b 100644 --- a/brightness-widget/brightness.lua +++ b/brightness-widget/brightness.lua @@ -45,14 +45,19 @@ local function worker(user_args) local tooltip = args.tooltip or false if program == 'light' then get_brightness_cmd = 'light -G' - set_brightness_cmd = 'light -S ' -- <level> + set_brightness_cmd = 'light -S %d' -- <level> inc_brightness_cmd = 'light -A ' .. step dec_brightness_cmd = 'light -U ' .. step elseif program == 'xbacklight' then get_brightness_cmd = 'xbacklight -get' - set_brightness_cmd = 'xbacklight -set ' -- <level> + set_brightness_cmd = 'xbacklight -set %d' -- <level> inc_brightness_cmd = 'xbacklight -inc ' .. step dec_brightness_cmd = 'xbacklight -dec ' .. step + elseif program == 'brightnessctl' then + get_brightness_cmd = 'bash -c "brightnessctl -m | cut -d, -f4 | tr -d %"' + set_brightness_cmd = 'brightnessctl set %d%%' -- <level> + inc_brightness_cmd = 'brightnessctl set +' .. step .. '%' + dec_brightness_cmd = 'brightnessctl set ' .. step .. '-%' else show_warning(program .. " command is not supported by the widget") return @@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ local function worker(user_args) function brightness_widget:set(value) current_level = value - spawn.easy_async(set_brightness_cmd .. value, function() + spawn.easy_async(string.format(set_brightness_cmd, value), function() spawn.easy_async(get_brightness_cmd, function(out) update_widget(brightness_widget.widget, out) end) |