Xob

Jul 20, 2023

Lightweight overlay volume (or anything) bar for the X Window System

Lightweight configurable overlay volume/backlight/ progress/anything bar for the X Window System and Wayland compositors with XWayland.

Each time a new value is read on the standard input, it is displayed as a tv-like bar over other windows. It then vanishes after a configurable amount of time. A value followed by a bang ‘!’ is displayed using an alternate color to account for special states e.g. muted audio. There is also support for overflows when the value exceeds the maximum.



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