[polybar] Update dynamic configuration for task_manager

.config/polybar/bar.ini

@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ font-3 = NotoSans-Regular:size=18:weight=bold:antialias=true;2
 font-4 = NotoSans-Regular:size=28:weight=bold:antialias=true;-12
 font-5 = "FontAwesome:size=21:antialias=true;4"
 
-modules-left = taskslabel taskbar1 taskbar2 taskbar3 taskbar4 taskbar5 taskbar6 taskbar7 taskbar8 taskbar9 taskbar10
+modules-left-dynamic =
+include-file = ~/.config/polybar/modules-left.ini
 modules-center = custom_date
 modules-right = updates cpu_bar memory_bar vpn network_usage alsa_bar
 

.config/polybar/launch.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ done
 export TERMINAL_CMD="tilix --profile orange --new-process -e"
 export WM_CONTROL="$(dirname "$0")/scripts/switch_window_state"
 
+~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --generate-config 20
+
 for monitor in $(polybar --list-monitors | cut -d":" -f1); do
     export MONITOR=$monitor
     polybar top -c ~/.config/polybar/bar.ini >/dev/null  &
@@ -18,4 +20,4 @@ until pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -x polybar >/dev/null; do
     sleep 0.5
 done
 
-~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --daemon 15 &
+~/.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager --daemon &

.config/polybar/scripts/task_manager

@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 STATUS_FILE=/dev/shm/polybar_task_manager
+BAR_CONFIG_FILE=~/.config/polybar/bar.ini
+MODULES_LEFT_FILE=~/.config/polybar/modules-left.ini
 REFRESH=1
 
-create_module_tasklabel()
+update_bar_config()
 {
-cat <<TASKLABEL_TEMPLATE
-[module/taskslabel]
-type = custom/ipc
-hook-0 = echo "%{T4}Tasks:%{T-}"
-hook-1 = echo ""
-click-left = rofi -modi window -show window -theme orange -show-icons -location 1 -yoffset +45 -xoffset +20
+base_config=$(grep -e "^modules-left-dynamic *= *" $BAR_CONFIG_FILE | cut -f 3- -d " " )
+new_config="taskslabel"
 
-TASKLABEL_TEMPLATE
-}
-
-create_module_sections()
-{
 for task in $(seq 1 "$1"); do
 
     cat <<MODULE_TEMPLATE
@@ -31,7 +24,22 @@ click-middle = polybar-msg -p %pid% hook taskbar$task 4
 
 MODULE_TEMPLATE
 
+new_config="$new_config taskbar$task"
 done
+
+echo "modules-left = $base_config $new_config" > $MODULES_LEFT_FILE
+}
+
+create_module_tasklabel()
+{
+cat <<TASKLABEL_TEMPLATE
+[module/taskslabel]
+type = custom/ipc
+hook-0 = echo "%{T4}Tasks:%{T-}"
+hook-1 = echo ""
+click-left = rofi -modi window -show window -theme orange -show-icons -location 1 -yoffset +45 -xoffset +20
+
+TASKLABEL_TEMPLATE
 }
 
 get_icon_by_name()
@@ -48,7 +56,10 @@ get_icon_by_name()
         [gnome-calendar]=
         [gnome-control-center]=
         [eog]=
+        [evince]=
+        [gimp-210]=
         [nautilus]=
+        [file-roller]=
         [keepassxc]=
         [steam]=
         [skype]=
@@ -122,9 +133,6 @@ 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
@@ -134,7 +142,11 @@ daemon()
 case "$1" in
     --daemon)
         > /dev/shm/polybar_task_manager
-        daemon "$2"
+        daemon
+    ;;
+    --generate-config)
+        create_module_tasklabel > ~/.config/polybar/task_manager.ini
+        update_bar_config "$2" >> ~/.config/polybar/task_manager.ini
     ;;
     --set-task)
         print_task_name "$2"

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .config/polybar/task_manager.ini
+.config/polybar/modules-left.ini