https://github.com/fboender/multitray

https://github.com/fboender/multitray

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fboender/multitray
• Owner: fboender
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-06-23T06:56:00.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-09T14:55:22.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-09T16:05:26.044Z (11 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 5.86 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# MultiTray

MultiTray is a simple Python script for showing one or more desktop system

tray icons.  You can easily change the tray icons from the commandline or

shell scripts by writing instructions to a named fifo pipe (special file on

disk).

# Usage

    usage: multitray [-h] [--version] [-v] [-p PIPEPATH]

    optional arguments:

      -h, --help            show this help message and exit

      --version             show program's version number and exit

      -v, --verbose         Verbosity. May be specified multiple times (-vvv)

      -p PIPEPATH, --pipepath PIPEPATH

                            Path to put the named pipe in.

Start MultiTray:

    $ ./multitray.py

A FIFO named pipe will appear:

    $ ls -l

    total 8

    prw------- 1 fboender fboender    0 Jun 23 08:44 multitray.fifo

    -rwxr-xr-x 1 fboender fboender 5143 Jun 23 08:44 multitray.py

You can write text to this pipe to modify the tray icons. The format is:

      

The `TRAY_NAME` uniquely identifies each separate tray. There's no need to

create the trays, they'll be automatically created if they don't exist yet.

Examples:

    # Create a tray with name "myfirsticon" and set it's icon to a green PNG

    # image.

    $ echo "myfirsticon set-icon /home/fboender/icons/green.png" > multitray.fifo

    # Change the icon to red and add a tooltip

    $ echo "myfirsticon set-icon /home/fboender/icons/red.png" > multitray.fifo

    $ echo "myfirsticon set-tooltip The flobulator is not cromulent" > multitray.fifo

    # Hide the icon

    $ echo "myfirsticon hide" > multitray.fifo

    # Show the icon

    $ echo "myfirsticon show" > multitray.fifo

    # Remove the icon

    $ echo "myfirsticon remove" > multitray.fifo