Bendik Aagaard LynghaugandClaude Fable 5.1
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The release profile builds with panic = "abort", so a panic in any helper
thread took the whole dashboard down:
- backlight: WalkDir yields /sys/class/backlight itself, so detect() was
always true and new() picked the class dir as the device, then panicked
reading brightness. Use min_depth(1) and tolerate read errors.
- battery: detect() only checked that UPower's DisplayDevice answered,
which it does on every machine; use IsPresent. The monitor thread now
returns an error instead of unwrapping, and publishes its first reading.
- pulseaudio: a failed connection panicked ("damn"); clicks before the
first sink query unwrapped a None channel map. Both are now handled, and
the connect loop no longer busy-spins.
- bar widget: don't underflow when narrower than the label column.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.
Rewrite note
wldash has received a significant rewrite. The old version is available in the wldash1 branch for now.
How to use
- Checkout:
git clone https://github.com/kennylevinsen/wldash - Build:
cargo build --release - Put somewhere:
cp target/release/wldash /usr/local/bin/wldash - Run:
wldash
To generate a new default configuration, run wldash --write-default-config. To configure, edit $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wldash/config.yml (or if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set, ~/.config/wldash/config.yaml).
To regenerate the desktop file cache, run wldash --desktop-refresh.
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
How to discuss
Go to #kennylevinsen @ irc.libera.chat to discuss, or use ~kennylevinsen/public-inbox@lists.sr.ht.