Version 0.1, 2015-09-20

A general-purpose status icon for the system tray. It watches a simple JSON configuration file for changes. That file describes what the icon should be, as well as what message should be shown.

Qt 5.x and a platform with a system tray. This should be most common platforms.

To build, run the following:

Create a file containing the following:

Save this into a file, such as ~/.config/statusicon

Then, run the following command:

The icon should appear in your system tray / task panel. Now, edit the file to contain the following:

When you save the file, the icon should change, and the message should be displayed.

This is meant as a minimalist utility to help other tools report their status.

I’m open to suggestions for making this more useful! Feel free to send me pull requests, patches, or fork as you see fit.

• Chris Riddoch

© 2015 Chris Riddoch

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

See the included file gpl-3.0.txt for the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 3.0. If for any reason it’s missing, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.