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66 lines
1.9 KiB
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# Brightness widget
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This widget represents current brightness level: 
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## Installation
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First you need to get the current brightness level. There are two options:
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- using `xbacklight` command (depending on your video card (I guess) it may or may not work)
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To check if it works install xbackligth and check if it works:
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```bash
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sudo apt-get install xbacklight
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xbacklight -get
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```
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If there is no output it means that it doesn't work, but there is a second option:
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- using `light` command
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Install it from this git repo: [github.com/haikarainen/light](https://github.com/haikarainen/light) and check if it works but running
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/haikarainen/light.git && \
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cd ./light && \
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sudo make && sudo make install \
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light -G
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49.18
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```
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Depending on the chosen option change `GET_BRIGHTNESS_CMD` variable in **brightness.lua**.
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Then clone this repo under **~/.config/awesome/**:
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/streetturtle/awesome-wm-widgets.git ~/.config/awesome/
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```
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Require widget at the beginning of **rc.lua**:
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```lua
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local brightness_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.brightness-widget.brightness")
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```
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Add widget to the tasklist:
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```lua
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s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
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{ -- Right widgets
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layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
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...
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brightness_widget,
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...
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```
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## Controls
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In order to change brightness by shortcuts you can add them to the `globalkeys` table in the **rc.lua**:
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```lua
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awful.key({ modkey }, ";", function () awful.spawn("light -A 5") end, {description = "increase brightness", group = "custom"}),
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awful.key({ modkey, "Shift"}, ";", function () awful.spawn("light -U 5") end, {description = "decrease brightness", group = "custom"}),
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```
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On laptop you can use `XF86MonBrightnessUp` and `XF86MonBrightnessDown` keys.
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