Microphone state widget/watcher
This widget can be used to display the current microphone status.
Requirements
amixer- this command is used to get and toggle microphone state
Usage
Download mic.lua file and put it into awesome's folder (like
~/.config/awesome/widgets/mic.lua)Add widget to
theme.lua:
lua
local widgets = {
mic = require("widgets/mic"),
}
theme.mic = widgets.mic({
timeout = 10,
settings = function(self)
if self.state == "muted" then
self.widget:set_image(theme.widget_micMuted)
else
self.widget:set_image(theme.widget_micUnmuted)
end
end
})
local widget_mic = wibox.widget { theme.mic.widget, layout = wibox.layout.align.horizontal }
- Create a shortcut to toggle microphone state (add to
rc.lua):
lua
-- Toggle microphone state
awful.key({ modkey, "Shift" }, "m",
function ()
beautiful.mic:toggle()
end,
{description = "Toggle microphone (amixer)", group = "Hotkeys"}
),
- You can also add a command to mute the microphone state on boot. Add this to your
rc.lua:
lua
-- Mute microphone on boot
beautiful.mic:mute()