If you want minimal hassle, quick to set-up, then I have to recommend a docker container that takes care of all the hassle, then writing a low effort CRON job to perform backups.
There are lots of docker containers that support paper servers, can be automatically started with docker-compose and a startup script, and are low hassle for maintaining.
I have been tinkering with my script some more and figured I would post an update:
GIST with source code used: https://gist.github.com/dperelman/c1d3c966d397ff884abb8b3baf7990db
from enum import Enum
from re import search
from subprocess import run, PIPE
# Code from the GIST
...
class MouseProfile(Enum):
DEFAULT = 0
BLOONS = 1
GAMING_COMMON = 2
CALL_OF_DUTY = 3
REALM_GRINDER = 4
current_profile: MouseProfile = MouseProfile.DEFAULT
def handle_change(new_state: dict):
"""
Using `libratbag`, switch the profile of the mouse
based on the active window title.
"""
global current_profile
# Get the title of the active window
title: str = new_state['title']
profile: MouseProfile = MouseProfile.DEFAULT
match title:
case "BloonsTD6":
profile = MouseProfile.BLOONS
case "Realm Grinder":
profile = MouseProfile.REALM_GRINDER
case _:
if title:
if search(r"^Call of Duty.*", title):
profile = MouseProfile.CALL_OF_DUTY
elif search(r"^Deep Rock Galactic.*", title):
profile = MouseProfile.GAMING_COMMON
# Send the ratbag command to switch the profile
if profile != current_profile:
run([
"ratbagctl", "Logitech", "profile", "active", "set", str(profile.value)
], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
current_profile = profile
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Get the current mouse profile and set it as the current profile
result = run(
["ratbagctl", "Logitech", "profile", "active", "get"],
stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE
)
current_profile = MouseProfile(int(result.stdout)) if result.returncode == 0 else MouseProfile.DEFAULT
# Listen for _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW changes
root.change_attributes(event_mask=X.PropertyChangeMask)
# Prime last_seen with whatever window was active when we started this
get_window_name(get_active_window()[0])
handle_change(last_seen)
while True:
handle_xevent(display.next_event())
The results have made me realize that the bash way of doing this is just not worth attempting, and a Python script is much more simple. At the end of the day, I ended up using this GIST with a custom handler function:
https://gist.github.com/dperelman/c1d3c966d397ff884abb8b3baf7990db
class MouseProfile(Enum):
DEFAULT = 0
BLOONS = 1
GAMING_COMMON = 2
CALL_OF_DUTY = 3
REALM_GRINDER = 4
def handle_change(new_state: dict):
"""
Using `libratbag`, switch the profile of the mouse based on the active window title.
"""
# Get the title of the active window
title: str = new_state['title']
profile: MouseProfile = MouseProfile.DEFAULT
match title:
case "BloonsTD6":
profile = MouseProfile.BLOONS
case "Realm Grinder":
profile = MouseProfile.REALM_GRINDER
case _:
if title:
if search(r"^Call of Duty.*", title):
profile = MouseProfile.CALL_OF_DUTY
elif search(r"^Deep Rock Galactic.*", title):
profile = MouseProfile.GAMING_COMMON
# Send the ratbag command to switch the profile
run(["ratbagctl", "Logitech", "profile", "active", "set", str(profile.value)], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
I just finished watching The Good Place (I know, criminally out of date) and really liked that. When it comes to movies, I downloaded a bunch of old comedies like Airplane, Big Bus, Naked Gun, and Police Academy. Other recents I could recommend include the X-Men movies, se7en, 9, Puss in Boots (2022), and the entirety of the Ice Age movies to watch drunk with friends.
Don't you mean from 1 to 11? (And 3 is not a valid option.) Sorry, I saw an opening for a stupid joke and had to jump.