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#!/bin/bash

# Simple Yad Frontend to set screen timeout
# This app was developed by MX Devs 2023 and released under GPLv3
# this script sets screen timeout value in seconds using xset for a given session.
# the parameter TIMEOUT is set in $(HOME)/.config/screen-timeout.conf
# version 231201

# yad settings

TITLE="Timeout Settings"
CLASS="mxpi-to"
ICONPATH="appointment-soon-symbolic" 

# yad buttons

export BTN_CLOSE=$(gettext "Close")      ; BTN_CLOSE+='!window-close'
export BTN_APPLY=$(gettext "Apply")    ; BTN_APPLY+='!object-select'

# yad strings

TIMEOUT_TEXT1="Current timeout:"
TIMEOUT_TEXT2="minutes"
TIMEOUT_TEXT3="Select new timeout:     "
TIMEOUT_VALUES="1!5!10!15!30!60!120"
DIALOG_TEXT="Modify screen timeout setting"

# check if conf file exists

if [ ! -f $HOME/.config/screen-timeout.conf ]; then
    echo 'TIMEOUT=600' > $HOME/.config/screen-timeout.conf
fi

# function

set_timeout () {

source $HOME/.config/screen-timeout.conf
TIMEOUT_OLD=$(( $TIMEOUT / 60))

MAIN_YAD=$(yad \
--title="$TITLE" --class="$CLASS" --window-icon="$ICONPATH" \
--center --width=250 --height=250 --borders=10 \
--buttons-layout=spread --button="${BTN_CLOSE}":7 --button="${BTN_APPLY}":6 \
--form --separator='' --align=center \
--text-align=center --text="<b>$DIALOG_TEXT</b>\n" \
--field="$TIMEOUT_TEXT1   <b>$TIMEOUT_OLD</b> $TIMEOUT_TEXT2":LBL "" \
--field=" ":LBL "" \
--field="$TIMEOUT_TEXT3":CB "$TIMEOUT_OLD!$TIMEOUT_VALUES" \
)

ret=$?

case $ret in
    7 | 252 )
        ENDLOOP=getouttahere
    ;;    
        
    6 )
        TIMEOUT_NEW=$(( $MAIN_YAD * 60 ))       
        
        if [ "$TIMEOUT_NEW" != "$TIMEOUT_OLD" ]; then
            sed -i "s/$TIMEOUT/$TIMEOUT_NEW/" $HOME/.config/screen-timeout.conf  
            xset -dpms && xset s $TIMEOUT_NEW
        fi   
    ;;
esac

}

export -f set_timeout

# loop

until [ "$ENDLOOP" = "getouttahere" ]; do

    set_timeout

done

exit