Title: appindicator-broker.tcz Description: simple daemon able to create SNI tray icons Version: 1.1 Author: see list of sites below Original-site: see list of sites below Copying-policy: see list of sites below Size: 4.0K Extension_by: gnuser Tags: systray icon sni statusnotifieritem toolbar notification Comments: ---------- Usage example (from terminal or shell script): $ mkfifo /tmp/pipe $ export SNI_BROKER=/tmp/pipe $ appindicator-broker "$SNI_BROKER" & # this starts the daemon $ echo "foo create vlc" > "$SNI_BROKER" # foo=identifier, vlc=icon $ echo "foo title some title" > "$SNI_BROKER" $ echo "foo label some label" > "$SNI_BROKER" $ echo "foo hide" > "$SNI_BROKER" $ echo "foo show" > "$SNI_BROKER" $ echo "foo icon /path/to/custom/icon.png" > "$SNI_BROKER" $ echo "foo menu-add date#Show the date on console" > "$SNI_BROKER" $ echo "foo menu-add foot#Start the foot terminal" > "$SNI_BROKER" $ echo "foo menu-add echo Hello world!#Say hello on console" > "$SNI_BROKER" $ cat /tmp/appindicators.created $ cat /tmp/appindicators.visible ---------- AppIndicator-Broker - Unlicense - https://github.com/Consolatis/AppIndicator-Broker ---------- Change-log: 2025/06/16 first version Current: 2025/06/25 updated 1.0 -> 1.1 (added arguments for menu item commands, /tmp/appindicators.*)