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#1 2009-12-04 21:12:11
- Rasi
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[SOLVED] hwoto make dzen2 disappear after X seconds?
as the topic says i am trying to make dzen2 disappear after a few seconds
mpc status -f "[[%artist% - ]%title%]" | head -1 | dzen2 -y 700 -x 0 -fn 'Times New Roman' -pthis is my little script. I tried to background it and put a sleep command followed by a killall dzen2, but dzen stays alive. I tried to use & and ; to background it.
The only way i found was to use a 2nd script to call the 1st one and put the sleep and kill commands in there. But thats an ugly workaround.
Any help appreciated 
I love posting on forums... Its ALWAYS the same, right after i posted my question i find the answer myself
for the curious: -p 2 will close dzen2 after 2 seconds
Last edited by Rasi (2009-12-04 21:14:22)
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#2 2009-12-04 21:23:41
- Ashren
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Re: [SOLVED] hwoto make dzen2 disappear after X seconds?
Although your problem is solved - the link below provides a quite good reference:
http://dzen.geekmode.org/dwiki/doku.php … ption-list
Last edited by Ashren (2009-12-04 21:27:28)
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