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# wldash
A dashboard/launcher/control-panel thing for Wayland. Requires wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1.
Consider this alpha-quality: While it works, *everything* is subject to change with a moments notice. You may end up pulling in the latest changes, and *poof*, wldash suddenly turns into an artisan espresso machine.
## How to use
1. Checkout: `git clone https://github.com/kennylevinsen/wldash`
2. Build: `cargo build --release`
3. Put somewhere: `cp target/release/wldash /usr/local/bin/wldash`
4. Run: `wldash`
To see the default configuration, run `wldash print-config`. To configure, place a file in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wldash/config.yaml` (or if `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is not set, `~/.config/wldash/config.yaml`). JSON is also currently supported.
Notable settings: `outptuMode` can be `active` or `all`, `scale` can be set to `2` to half the buffer size, and the widgets (and their layout) can be configured.
For more info, look in `src/config.rs`.
## System dependencies
`dbus`. See https://github.com/diwic/dbus-rs#requirements.
## How to use launcher
The launcher for wldash is built-in, based on https://github.com/kennylevinsen/dot-desktop. Pluggable systems may come back in the future.
The environment variables `XDG_DATA_DIRS` and `XDG_DATA_HOME` are read to find the many `applications` folders that contain `desktop` files.
## Features
### Date and time
In nice, big letters!
### 3 month calendar
Scroll or click on the months to navigate.
### Battery level
Over upower, only visible if upower battery is detected
### Audio volume
Over pulseaudio, only visible if pulseaudio connection is successful. Scroll to adjust volume, right-click to toggle mute.
### Backlight control
Using backlight sys file, only visible of backlight is detected. Scroll to adjust, right-click to toggle between the extreme values.
### Launcher
Loads desktop files from the usual locations.
The launcher also accepts prefix operators to change its mode:
- `!`: Arbitrary command
- `=`: Calculator based on rcalc_lib. See https://docs.rs/rcalc_lib/0.9.3/rcalc_lib/
## Notable missing features:
- Scaling of any kind - all sizes are currently hardcoded in pixels
- Configurability
- Cleanup and reorganization
- Proper line editor for the launcher