I am using a bash script to toggle the touchpad on my laptop. I didn't write the script and know almost nothing about bash scripts. I have the script run when the laptop boots because I never want to use the touchpad and want it disabled. The script does the job and then displays a message that the touchpad was toggled off. The message has an OK button that I click to dismiss the message. I would like to alter the script to do something like delay for 5 seconds and then close. I have searched and found how to add the delay for 5 seconds, but would like to know how to dismiss the message window without having to click the OK button. Thanks in advance.
houndhen 4 Light Poster
Gribouillis 1,391 Programming Explorer Team Colleague
Can you post the bash script ?
Edit: depending on your system, the libraries for popup dialogs are different. In
KDE, for example, kdialog has an option --passivepopup that does exactly what you want.
houndhen 4 Light Poster
I am running PCLOS KDE. Not sure how to wrap the script code so here it is:
#! /bin/bash
PATH=${PATH}:/usr/sbin:/sbin
T=0
M=0
lsusb -v |grep "Mouse" &> /dev/null
if [ "$?" -ne "$M" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="TouchPad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame WARNING>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-dialog-warning"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"You are attempting to run Touchpad Toggle
without a USB Mouse being attached or detected."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Unless you have an alternate poiniting device (e.g.,
keyboard based mouse stick), please plug in a USB Mouse. Otherwise, you may not
have access to a pointing device. Re-run Touchpad Toggle to toggle the state of
your touchpad."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
fi
synclient -l |grep "TouchpadOff = 0" &> /dev/null
if [ "$?" -eq "$T" ]; then
# then
synclient TouchpadOff=1
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="Touchpad Toggle"
icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-info"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Your Touchpad has been turned
<b>OFF</b>."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true">
<label>"<i>Re-run this program to turn your
touchpad on again.</i>"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
# exit 0
else
synclient TouchpadOff=0
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="Touchpad Toggle"
icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-info"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Your Touchpad has been turned
<b>ON</b>."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true">
<label>"<i>Re-run this program to turn your
touchpad off again.</i>"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
fi
#fi
exit 0
Gribouillis 1,391 Programming Explorer Team Colleague
Apparently, you should be able to add a <timer> widget to the gtkdialog code, see http://code.google.com/p/gtkdialog/wiki/timer this timer can have an action which could
dismiss the dialog, perhaps something like
<timer interval="5">
<action>EXIT:ok</action>
</timer>
See also this example http://code.google.com/p/gtkdialog/source/browse/trunk/examples/timer/timer_advanced
houndhen 4 Light Poster
Thanks. I will give it a try. Since I know nothing about writing scripts I will be sure and make a copy of the script before I start. The links seem very complicated to me. I will try your example and try to figure out where to put it.
houndhen 4 Light Poster
I put your timer code into the script and now nothing is displayed. I was hoping to display the OK window for a few seconds (say 5 seconds) and then close the window. Here is where I put it in:
#! /bin/bash
PATH=${PATH}:/usr/sbin:/sbin
T=0
M=0
lsusb -v |grep "Mouse" &> /dev/null
if [ "$?" -ne "$M" ]; then
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="TouchPad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame WARNING>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-dialog-warning"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"You are attempting to run Touchpad Toggle without a USB Mouse being attached or detected."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Unless you have an alternate poiniting device (e.g., keyboard based mouse stick), please plug in a USB Mouse. Otherwise, you may not have access to a pointing device. Re-run Touchpad Toggle to toggle the state of your touchpad."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
fi
synclient -l |grep "TouchpadOff = 0" &> /dev/null
if [ "$?" -eq "$T" ]; then
# then
synclient TouchpadOff=1
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="Touchpad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-info"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Your Touchpad has been turned <b>OFF</b>."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true">
<label>"<i>Re-run this program to turn your touchpad on again.</i>"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
here <timer interval="5">
here <action>EXIT:ok</action>
here </timer>/window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
# exit 0
else
synclient TouchpadOff=0
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="Touchpad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-info"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Your Touchpad has been turned <b>ON</b>."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true">
<label>"<i>Re-run this program to turn your touchpad off again.</i>"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
fi
#fi
exit 0
Now the OK window doesn't show.
Gribouillis 1,391 Programming Explorer Team Colleague
The closing </window> tag is incorrect in your example above. Can you post the code with the timer included ? Did you try to put the timer before the </vbox> ?
houndhen 4 Light Poster
Below is the script code as I have it saved in my system.
#! /bin/bash
PATH=${PATH}:/usr/sbin:/sbin
T=0
M=0
lsusb -v |grep "Mouse" &> /dev/null
if [ "$?" -ne "$M" ]; then
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="TouchPad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame WARNING>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-dialog-warning"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"You are attempting to run Touchpad Toggle without a USB Mouse being attached or detected."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Unless you have an alternate poiniting device (e.g., keyboard based mouse stick), please plug in a USB Mouse. Otherwise, you may not have access to a pointing device. Re-run Touchpad Toggle to toggle the state of your touchpad."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
fi
synclient -l |grep "TouchpadOff = 0" &> /dev/null
if [ "$?" -eq "$T" ]; then
# then
synclient TouchpadOff=1
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="Touchpad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-info"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Your Touchpad has been turned <b>OFF</b>."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true">
<label>"<i>Re-run this program to turn your touchpad on again.</i>"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
<timer interval="5">
<action>EXIT:ok</action>
</timer>/window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
# exit 0
else
synclient TouchpadOff=0
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="Touchpad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-info"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Your Touchpad has been turned <b>ON</b>."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true">
<label>"<i>Re-run this program to turn your touchpad off again.</i>"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
fi
#fi
exit 0
Gribouillis 1,391 Programming Explorer Team Colleague
Try this version perhaps ...
#! /bin/bash
PATH=${PATH}:/usr/sbin:/sbin
T=0
M=0
lsusb -v |grep "Mouse" &> /dev/null
if [ "$?" -ne "$M" ]; then
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="TouchPad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame WARNING>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-dialog-warning"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"You are attempting to run Touchpad Toggle without a USB Mouse being attached or detected."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Unless you have an alternate poiniting device (e.g., keyboard based mouse stick), please plug in a USB Mouse. Otherwise, you may not have access to a pointing device. Re-run Touchpad Toggle to toggle the state of your touchpad."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
fi
synclient -l |grep "TouchpadOff = 0" &> /dev/null
if [ "$?" -eq "$T" ]; then
# then
synclient TouchpadOff=1
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="Touchpad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-info"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" wrap="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Your Touchpad has been turned <b>OFF</b>."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true">
<label>"<i>Re-run this program to turn your touchpad on again.</i>"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
<timer interval="5">
<action>EXIT:ok</action>
</timer>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
# exit 0
else
synclient TouchpadOff=0
if [ "$1" != "--no-gui" ]; then
export MAIN_DIALOG='
<window title="Touchpad Toggle" icon-name="gtk-dialog-info">
<frame>
<vbox>
<hbox>
<pixmap>
<input file stock="gtk-info"></input>
</pixmap>
<text use-markup="true" width-chars="35">
<label>"Your Touchpad has been turned <b>ON</b>."</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text>
<label>" "</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<text use-markup="true">
<label>"<i>Re-run this program to turn your touchpad off again.</i>"</label>
</text>
</hbox>
<hbox>
<button ok></button>
</hbox>
</vbox>
</frame>
</window>
'
gtkdialog --program=MAIN_DIALOG
fi
fi
#fi
exit 0
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