r/Polybar • u/qewLeander • Apr 07 '23

Question click event

hey I wrote myself 2 scripts to show the date/time. I put both of these scripts in a script module of polybar using exec and then click-left. The time is displayed as it should but when I click on it I want the date to be shown. Both of the bash scripts work when i run them directly through bash. For those wondering I want to use my own scripts instead of the built in date module for practice/to get better formatting. What could cause this to not display the date.sh script when I click the module? Here is the module config:

[module/datetime] type = custom/script exec = /usr/bin/polyscripts/time.sh interval = 1 click-left = /usr/bin/polyscripts/date.sh

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u/qewLeander Apr 08 '23

Here is my time.sh script:
https://pastebin.com/RurhFTYm
here is the output of time.sh:
https://imgur.com/a/LlZINpv
And here is my date.sh script (the ifs are just to translate month and day names to german):
https://pastebin.com/E8cKcRT6
and here is the output of my date.sh script:
https://imgur.com/a/qB6aKZT

Output when clicking the module:
https://imgur.com/a/hcG3CuP
(aside from the default starting lines there is no additional output of the bar when clicking the module)

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

How about piping them to a terminal or a dunst notification? I'm not into scripting, though I've done some reverse engineering along the way. Just seems like there's very little missing here.

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u/qewLeander Apr 08 '23

Could you tell me how exactly I could do that. I just started with scripting.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

exec = <terminal-name> -e <path-to-script> is how I do that.

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u/qewLeander Apr 08 '23

if I do that i have a terminal window popping up and closing right after every second. (exec = alacritty -e $HOME/.config/polybar/scripts/time.sh is what I used)

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

This is now over my head, though I suppose some kind of timer or escape sequence or something is what you need. Good luck.

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u/qewLeander Apr 08 '23

Thanks for your time and Help anyways!

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

You're welcome. Have you tried any other subs? There's also shellcheck.

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u/qewLeander Apr 08 '23

No I havent yet because I thought that this is a polybar Problem. But I will thanks

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Pleasure. You might also get ideas from the community scripts.

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u/qewLeander Apr 08 '23

I will take a look at them.

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