[polybar] Create task_manager modules dynamically

.config/polybar/launch.sh

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ until pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -x polybar >/dev/null; do
     sleep 0.5
 done
 
-~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --daemon &
+~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --daemon 10 &

.config/polybar/modules.ini

@@ -153,88 +153,5 @@ tail = true
 interval = 5
 click-left = $TERMINAL_CMD "yay -Suy" &
 
-[module/taskslabel]
+; task_manager module
-type = custom/text
+include-file = ~/.config/polybar/task_manager.ini
-content = "%{T4}Tasks:%{T-}"
-click-left = rofi -modi window -show window -theme orange -show-icons -location 1 -yoffset +45 -xoffset +20
-
-[module/taskbar1]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 1
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 1
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 1
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar1 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar1 4
-[module/taskbar2]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 2
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 2
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 2
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar2 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar2 4
-[module/taskbar3]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 3
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 3
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 3
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar3 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar3 4
-[module/taskbar4]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 4
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 4
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 4
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar4 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar4 4
-[module/taskbar5]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 5
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 5
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 5
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar5 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar5 4
-[module/taskbar6]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 6
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 6
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 6
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar6 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar6 4
-[module/taskbar7]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 7
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 7
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 7
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar7 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar7 4
-[module/taskbar8]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 8
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 8
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 8
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar8 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar8 4
-[module/taskbar9]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 9
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window 9
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window 9
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar9 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar9 4
-[module/taskbar10]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo ""
-hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task 10
-hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --sshow-window10
-hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --sclosetwindow10
-click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar10 3
-click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar10 4

.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager

@@ -2,7 +2,36 @@
 
 STATUS_FILE=/dev/shm/polybar_task_manager
 REFRESH=2
-MAX_TASKS=10
+
+create_module_tasklabel()
+{
+cat <<TASKLABEL_TEMPLATE
+[module/taskslabel]
+type = custom/text
+content = "%{T4}Tasks:%{T-}"
+click-left = rofi -modi window -show window -theme orange -show-icons -location 1 -yoffset +45 -xoffset +20
+
+TASKLABEL_TEMPLATE
+}
+
+create_module_sections()
+{
+for task in $(seq 1 "$1"); do
+
+    cat <<MODULE_TEMPLATE
+[module/taskbar$task]
+type = custom/ipc
+hook-0 = echo ""
+hook-1 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --set-task $task
+hook-2 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --show-window $task
+hook-3 = ~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --close-window $task
+click-left = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar$task 3
+click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar$task 4
+
+MODULE_TEMPLATE
+
+done
+}
 
 get_icon_by_name()
 {
@@ -26,9 +55,10 @@ get_icon_by_name()
 
 show_tasks()
 {
+    max_tasks=$(grep -cE "^\[module/taskbar[0-9]+]" ~/.config/polybar/task_manager.ini)
     wmctrl -lx | awk '{if ($2 > -1) print $3,$1}' \
                | awk -F'.' '{ print $NF }' \
-               | tail -$MAX_TASKS | sort > $STATUS_FILE.current
+               | tail -"$max_tasks" | sort > $STATUS_FILE.current
 
     diff -q $STATUS_FILE $STATUS_FILE.current > /dev/null 2>&1
     if [ $? -ne 1 ]; then
@@ -40,7 +70,7 @@ show_tasks()
 
     counter=1
     num_windows=$(wc -l $STATUS_FILE | cut -f 1 -d " ")
-    while [ $counter -le "$MAX_TASKS" ]; do
+    while [ $counter -le "$max_tasks" ]; do
         if [ $counter -le "$num_windows" ]; then
             polybar-msg hook taskbar$counter 2 > /dev/null
         else
@@ -76,6 +106,9 @@ get_task_id()
 
 daemon()
 {
+    create_module_tasklabel > ~/.config/polybar/task_manager.ini
+    create_module_sections "$1" >> ~/.config/polybar/task_manager.ini
+
     while true; do
         show_tasks
         sleep $REFRESH
@@ -85,7 +118,7 @@ daemon()
 case "$1" in
     --daemon)
         > /dev/shm/polybar_task_manager
-        daemon
+        daemon "$2"
     ;;
     --set-task)
         print_task_name "$2"

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1 @@
-.vscode/
+.config/polybar/task_manager.ini