Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-18 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 4/18/20 5:44 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:51:22 -0700 Paul Allen Newell wrote: On 4/17/20 5:53 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: So, I was able to hack out a python script [...] Ranjan: Thank you for the script .. with modifications I have it running under python3 Paul

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-18 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:51:22 -0700 Paul Allen Newell wrote: > On 4/17/20 5:53 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > So, I was able to hack out a python script [...] > > Ranjan: > > Thank you for the script .. with modifications I have it running under > python3 > > Paul Thanks, Paul, and no problem.

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-17 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 4/17/20 5:53 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: So, I was able to hack out a python script [...] Ranjan: Thank you for the script .. with modifications I have it running under python3 Paul ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-17 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:07:21 -0700 stan via users wrote: > On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:41:22 -0500 > Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > The reason I need this is because the Cisco icon (that I need for VPN > > because of required third-party 2FA) is very tiny and almost > > impossible to see. It is

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-17 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:38:45 +0930 Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2020-04-16 at 08:41 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I thought that some of you might have suggestions. > > You might want to tell us what desktop you use. > > On MATE there are panel apps that can be added to the toolbar, there >

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2020-04-16 at 08:41 -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I thought that some of you might have suggestions. You might want to tell us what desktop you use. On MATE there are panel apps that can be added to the toolbar, there are network monitoring ones in there. Their icon changes with status.

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread stan via users
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:41:22 -0500 Ranjan Maitra wrote: > The reason I need this is because the Cisco icon (that I need for VPN > because of required third-party 2FA) is very tiny and almost > impossible to see. It is time-consuming and distracting to constantly > have to hover over the icon to

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread Doug Herr
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:54:29 - "Doug Herr" > > Thanks, is the icon called On.desktop/Off.desktop in your example? > > Can I get something like this on to my screen? I use openbox window manager > and no DE but > that is likely irrelevant. Actually, I see that I gave you an older version

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:54:29 - "Doug Herr" wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:54:37 +0800 Ed Greshko > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks, yours is the script part. I am looking to feed this into an > > indicator which will > > blink red when 1 (in your case) and be steady green when 0 (in your >

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread Doug Herr
> . Not flashing but maybe you can use an animated gif for > icons, not sure... If you change your desktop background then it is a *very* visible indicator. -- Doug H. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread Doug Herr
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:54:37 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > > > Thanks, yours is the script part. I am looking to feed this into an indicator > which will > blink red when 1 (in your case) and be steady green when 0 (in your example). In Xfce I change a panel icon depending on a condition with

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:54:37 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-04-16 21:41, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > Sorry, this is OT but I thought that some of you might have suggestions. > > > > I want to have an on-screen indicator in the form of a icon or something > > that is

Re: OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-04-16 21:41, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Dear friends, > > Sorry, this is OT but I thought that some of you might have suggestions. > > I want to have an on-screen indicator in the form of a icon or something that > is blinking red if vpn is disconnected and steady green if vpn is up. Could >

OT: simplest way to display on-screen blinking colored indicator

2020-04-16 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Dear friends, Sorry, this is OT but I thought that some of you might have suggestions. I want to have an on-screen indicator in the form of a icon or something that is blinking red if vpn is disconnected and steady green if vpn is up. Could also be extended to other features but right now let