Start / Quit Screenlet Script

[Simon]

How would I go about writing a script that would quit all screenlets and another to start them all again?

Ideally I want a script that replaces compiz with metacity and quits the screenlets and another to load compiz, emerald and the screenlets but I wouldn't know where to post that, so just the screenlet script will do for now I guess.

The reason for this is that I have to quit compiz to play UT2004. If I leave the screenlets running when I quit compiz, then when I re-activate it, the screenlets move from where I want them and I cannot move them back.

[plun]

There is already a script with fusion-icon.... I cannot understand why this
isnt included in packages :confused:

http://gitweb.opencompositing.org/?p=users/crdlb/fusion-icon;a=summary

I agree about Screenlets and I believe RYX must change this to also let
screenlets-manager handles start/stop instead of session starters for
each screenlet.

Have you tried to use the Widget plugin for disabling screenlets ?

[Simon]

Thank you, now have fusion-icon installed and working :)

Unless I'm missing something, the Widget layer whilst useful doesn't do what I'd need it to do.

When I swap from compiz back to metacity, even if the widget layer is hidden, the screenlets appear on the desktop - ideally I need them to close.

[plun]

Thank you, now have fusion-icon installed and working :)

Unless I'm missing something, the Widget layer whilst useful doesn't do what I'd need it to do.

When I swap from compiz back to metacity, even if the widget layer is hidden, the screenlets appear on the desktop - ideally I need them to close.

OK..... I just tested this and switched to Metacity with fusion-icon and it also breaks the widget plugin...:(

The best way would be to have a function in screenlets-manager > kill all screenlets and start all screenlets

Now they are in Sessions...

I have no idea... maybe RYX or someone else have good ideas how to solve it ... "whise" can perhaps make a new screenlet for this...:):D

[rgdg]

I wrote a little script that toggles between metacity and compiz, and my screenlets stay hidden with metacity and are fine when I restart compiz/

Heres the script. Link a launcher to it and it checks if compiz is running and acts accordingly. replace avant with any other compositing needy programs.


#!/bin/bash
#toggle between compiz and metacity

if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v defunct | grep "compiz.real"> /dev/null
then
killall avant-window-navigator;
killall compiz.real;
metacity --replace &
else
compiz --replace &
avant-window-navigator &

fi

[Simon]

I wrote a little script that toggles between metacity and compiz, and my screenlets stay hidden with metacity and are fine when I restart compiz/

Heres the script. Link a launcher to it and it checks if compiz is running and acts accordingly. replace avant with any other compositing needy programs.


#!/bin/bash
#toggle between compiz and metacity

if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep -v defunct | grep "compiz.real"> /dev/null
then
killall avant-window-navigator;
killall compiz.real;
metacity --replace &
else
compiz --replace &
avant-window-navigator &

fi


Not sure what's wrong with mine, but they won't hide when metacity is launched.

[Simon]

How would I go about quiting a screenlet from terminal?

If screenlets only work (properly) with compositing, wouldn't it be possible to stop them loading unless compositing was enabled?

[RYX]

The screenlets also work without compositing, they just look ugly in that case. I will add support for non-composited environments sooner or later, but it will still look ugly anyway (no compositing means crappy 8bit images for the shape :)) ...

To quit a screenlet from the terminal you will need its process id. You can get it like this (using the Clock as example here): ps aux | grep ClockScreenlet.py
(Will return two processes, one of them is the command you entered because it also contains the name)

Then just kill the process with the given id.

[Simon]

Thank you :)

[plun]

Then just kill the process with the given id.

Well... all users are lazy...:p

I have 12 screenlets running...

I just found a nice file within the tmp directory... "screenlets.running"

Take this file and make a kill script....:confused:

To start again its probably easiest with an Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and login again...;)

[RYX]

The recommended way for a script would be to query the list of running screenlets from the system (screenlets.utils.list_running_screenlets()) and then connect to each screenlet's DBus-service and send a quit signal (don't remember if its implemented yet :)) ... It may take a few milliseconds longer, but is the more standard-conform way and better compatible with possible changes in future versions.

But if there is a reliable way of retrieving all PIDs of running screenlets through a script, it may be ok as well ... The command I posted above is not really reliable - it could find much more processes than the two ones it is intended to return.

:)

[vadi]

I don't think that support to have screenlets run without a composite manager is really that necessary... if you want screenlets, you're definitely the type who'd get compiz.

And if it's a newbie that thought that screenlets look cool and found them before Compiz, tell them to get compiz!

[bal]

Hi!

I know its an old thread, but I found a possible solution from another forum.
The script I use to restart my NowPlaying screenlet:
#!/bin/bash
## Screenlet restart script.

# Find out the process id of the screenlet
# (replace 'NowPlaying' with your desired screenlet):
pid=`ps -ef | grep NowPlaying | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`

# Stop screenlet:
# Without the '-9' it didn't worked for me
kill -9 $pid

# The screenlet start command:
screenletsd --cli run NowPlaying

exit
Hope that helps.
Bye!

[some-guy]

this should restart them all
#!/bin/bash
## Screenlet restart script.
for myscreenlet in `cat /tmp/screenlets/screenlets.$USER.running`; do
# Find out the process id of the screenlet
pid=`ps -ef | grep $myscreenlet | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}'`

# Stop screenlet:
# Without the '-9' it didn't worked for me
kill -9 $pid

# The screenlet start command:
screenletsd --cli run `echo $myscreenlet | sed -e s,Screenlet,,`
done; exit