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throbscottle

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Registered: 2011-11-05

Posts: 55

How to make launcher icon show status

I made this script to toggle Windscribe VPN:

#!/bin/bash
# detect if Windscribe is connected
# connect if it's disconnected, disconnect if it's connected
    if [ "$(windscribe status|grep CONNECTED)" = "DISCONNECTED" ];
        then
            kdialog --msgbox "Connecting Windscribe VPN"
            windscribe connect;
        else
            kdialog --msgbox "Disonnecting Windscribe VPN"
            windscribe disconnect;
    fi
# change desktop icon

and this .desktop file to launch it (it's just from the KDE new launcher dialogue):

[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_GB]=
Comment=
Exec=~/windscribe-test.sh
GenericName[en_GB]=Toggle Windscribe VPN
GenericName=Toggle Windscribe VPN
Icon=system-run
MimeType=
Name[en_GB]=Link to Application
Name=Link to Application
Path=~/
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

What I really want to do is make the desktop icon change depending on the status of Windscribe, like the Trash icon does (it has Icon and EmptyIcon). How can I do this?

TIA

Last edited by throbscottle (2019-07-09 21:41:01)