py3status-brightness-status

The Py3status module to use brightnessctl, to control screen brightness.

Install py3status-brightness-status

Using PyPi

TODO: publish this as a PyPi package

Locally install under py3status

Usually the local py3status modules could be installed under ~/.config/i3/py3status/ or paths mentioned in py3status doc

• To install: copy or symbol link /py3status-brightness-status/brightness_status.py to those locations.

Configuration

1. Change your py3status config to have the additional line to load brightness-status

order += "brightness-status"

2. (Optional) Provide detailed configuration to brightness-status, for example

brightness-status {
  color_dark = '#00FFFF'
  color_bright = '#FFFF00'

  below_min_brightness = True

  button_up = 4
  button_down = 5

  cache_timeout = 300
}