Description of supported commands

Parameters are passed using '\t' in the command text.
If you're using echo, specify -e argument so it handles escape characters.
For example:

echo -e "notify:Hello\tinformativeText:This is a text" > menubar_fifo

Text

Default command.
Called when it's an unrecognized command or no command at all.

Example:

date > menubar_fifo

Notify

notify command.
Creates a system notification.

• Parameters:
  • informativeText: (Optional) Text displayed under main text. Usually an explanation of the notification.
  • makeSound: (Optional) Boolean whether to play a sound with notification. Possible values: true, YES, 1.

Example:

echo "notify:CPU temperature is critical" > menubar_fifo

Ask

ask command.
Shows a window with a prompt and edit field. User input is then sent to user_input_fifo. "\tCANCEL\t" if cancelled.

• Parameters:
  • informativeText: (Optional) Text displayed under main text. Usually an explanation of what is asked.
  • protected: (Optional) Boolean whether edit field is password field. Possible values: true, YES, 1.

Example:

echo "ask:Please log in" > menubar_fifo
login=`cat user_input_fifo`
echo "Hi, $login"

Icon

icon command.
Sets an icon in system bar.

• Parameters:
  • width: (Optional) Desired image width.
  • height: (Optional) Desired image height.

Example:

echo -e "icon:icon.png\twidth:16\theight:16" > menubar_fifo

Custom menus

To create custom menu, click on your menu bar -> "Open scripts dir", Finder window will open.
Create directory "menus" and place shell scripts inside it. Then restart the Bar application (see TODO: there will be a button/command/automatic, some way to rescan custom menus).
Menu item will have the name of the shell file.

TODO

1. Restart script handler.
2. Rescan menus.
3. Examples with more sophisticated commands.
4. How to create menus.