[brightness-control] Added a more intelligent and verbose way to change brightness

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.a/brightness-control.sh b/.a/brightness-control.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$@" ] || ([ "$1" != "+" ] && [ "$1" != "-" ]); then
+	echo "Expected + or - as argument!"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Percentage change depending on brightness
+info=$(brightnessctl -m i | cut -d , -f 4)
+info=${info::-1}
+
+change=5
+if [ "$info" -ge 70 ]; then
+	change=10
+fi
+
+# Brightness change
+if [ "$1" == "+" ]; then
+	brightnessctl -q set "+${change}%"
+elif [ "$info" -gt 5 ]; then # don't allow brightness to decrease to 0%
+	brightnessctl -q set "${change}%-"
+fi
+
+# Notification for brightness
+info=$(brightnessctl -m i)
+perbright=$(echo $info | cut -d , -f 4)
+notify-send "$(echo $info | cut -d , -f 1)
+Brightness: $perbright" -t 1000 -h int:value:$perbright -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:anything -h string:x-canonical-private-synchronous:anything