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authorAlexander Scharinger <rng.dynamics@gmail.com>2021-10-16 19:53:27 +0200
committerAlexander Scharinger <rng.dynamics@gmail.com>2021-10-16 21:09:58 +0200
commitbbf9706a4ae782330d4736f46be1d3e4a906120e (patch)
treeb1b39def017b785890cbf6fd06604c6ac125073f /brightness-widget
parent173ef2fab3997fabbc3b93a7df6798a9bd4c6f25 (diff)
feature: add brightnessctl to brightness-widget
Diffstat (limited to 'brightness-widget')
-rw-r--r--brightness-widget/README.md9
-rw-r--r--brightness-widget/brightness.lua11
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)