Posts in Category: script

Search the Internet with DMENU

Search the Internet with DMENU

Posted on 21st Jan 2025

As i showed in a previous post, with fzf, we can also use dmenu as a method to input text. It's not that difficult, but tricky yes. So, with this method, i built a BASH script, to search the Internet with the search engines i prefer, from everywhere i am at the desktop. No need to pull the termi...

Dragster...

Dragster...

Posted on 20th Jan 2025

Lately i found my self, looking for ways to make stuff more quickly. One way, for sure is the terminal, but still not everything can be done with a terminal and sometimes is quicker to drag'n'drop something, somewhere, than open a terminal cd to a directory and execute a command. Even with GUI app...

Draw on X11 desktop with python using xlib

Draw on X11 desktop with python using xlib

Posted on 10th Jan 2025

This is a small example on how to draw some text, on a X11 Desktop, with Python and XLib. Nothing fancy... the script can output any text given in the command line and also use colors and a font you prefer. I made it, as a way to display info on the desktop, even when using fullscreen applications l...

BASH fetch?

BASH fetch?

Posted on 10th Jan 2025

I don't know why there are too many implementations that look like neofetch and why they are so complicated. I mean, i just saw one, using python and being tenths of files and hundreds lines of code. Why? Because of the ASCII logo? Anyway... if you want a quick way to see a complete summary of s...

RETROPIE scripts...

RETROPIE scripts...

Posted on 29th Dec 2024

Here you will find some script for specifically been used in Retropie. I made them, cause i always finding my self, looking for the these functions that Retropie didn't have. But, lucky us, Retropie can be customized and you can add, whatever script, to make it even better. This page will be updated...