rice/dots/.scripts/dwmstatus

#!/bin/sh

# create fifo
fifo="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/statusupdated"

mkfifo "${fifo}"
trap "echo 'exit' > '${fifo}' ; rm -f '${fifo}'" EXIT

extra=""
message=""
media_name=""
date_value=""

dark_medium="#282828"
dark_hard="#1d2021"
dark_soft="#32302f"
red="#ea6962"
green="#a9b665"
yellow="#d8a657"
blue="#7daea3"
magenta="#d3869b"
cyan="#89b482"
white="#d4be98"


clean() {
    rm -f "${fifo}"
}

getstatus() {
    data=""
    if [ ! -z "${extra}" ]; then
        data="${data}${extra} •"
    fi
    if [ ! -z "${message}" ]; then
        data="${data}^c${magenta}^  ^d^${message} •"
    fi
    if [ ! -z "${media_name}" ]; then
        data="${data}^c${magenta}^  ^d^${media_name} •"
    fi
    if [ ! -z "${date_value}" ]; then
        data="${data}^c${magenta}^  ^d^${date_value}"
    fi
    echo "${data}"
}

updatestatus() {
    xsetroot -name "$(getstatus)"
}


while :
do
    if read fifoline < $fifo; then
        case "${fifoline}" in
            set_message*)
                # cuts after ::
                # example: `set_message::nice day outside`
                message="${fifoline##*::}"
                ;;
            set_media_name*)
                # cuts after ::
                # example: `set_media_name::Song Name Goes Here`
                media_name="${fifoline##*::}"
                ;;
            set_date_value*)
                # cuts after ::
                # example: `set_date_value::Date Goes Here`
                date_value="${fifoline##*::}"
                ;;
            set_extra*)
                # cuts after ::
                # example `set_extra::something happened`
                extra="${fifoline##*::}"
                ;;
            update)
                ;;
            exit)
                echo "statusupdated: warn: got exit command, exiting..."
                exit 1
                ;;
            *) ;;
        esac
        updatestatus
    fi
done &

# send the time string every 30 seconds through the FIFO
while :
do
    echo "set_date_value::$(date '+%a %d %b %-I:%M')" > "${fifo}"
	sleep 30
done