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Create gnome-terminal profile + gnome shortcut for distroboxes
#!/bin/sh
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
#
# This file is part of the distrobox project:
# https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox
#
# Copyright (C) 2021 distrobox contributors
#
# distrobox is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3
# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# distrobox 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.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with distrobox; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# Print usage to stdout.
# Arguments:
# None
# Outputs:
# print usage with examples.
show_help() {
cat <<EOF
Usage:
distrobox-terminal-profile -n PROFILE_NAME -s SHORTCUT -c CONTAINER_NAME
Options:
--name/-n: user name
--shortcut/-s: keyboard shortcut eg: <Super>Enter, <Alt>s, <Primary><Alt>t
--container/-c: container name
EOF
}
# Parse arguments
while :; do
case $1 in
-h | --help)
# Call a "show_help" function to display a synopsis, then exit.
show_help
exit 0
;;
-n | --name)
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
PROFILE_NAME="$2"
shift
shift
fi
;;
-s | --shortcut)
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
KEYS_SHORTCUT="$2"
shift
shift
fi
;;
-c | --container)
if [ -n "$2" ]; then
CONTAINER_NAME="$2"
shift
shift
fi
;;
*) # Default case: If no more options then break out of the loop.
break ;;
esac
done
set -o errexit
set -o nounset
PROFILE_UUID=$(cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)
# Gemerate the dconf file for terminal profile
DCONF_PROFILE=$(dconf dump /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/)
DCONF_PROFILE=$(echo "$DCONF_PROFILE" | sed "s|list=\[|list=\['$PROFILE_UUID',|g")
DCONF_PROFILE="$DCONF_PROFILE
[:$PROFILE_UUID]
background-color='rgb(32,32,32)'
bold-is-bright=true
custom-command='$(command -v distrobox-enter) -n $CONTAINER_NAME'
font='Monospace 10'
foreground-color='rgb(255,255,255)'
scrollbar-policy='never'
use-custom-command=true
use-system-font=true
use-theme-colors=false
visible-name='$PROFILE_NAME'
"
echo "$DCONF_PROFILE" > /tmp/dconf.conf
dconf load /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/ < /tmp/dconf.conf
DCONF_KEYS=$(dconf dump /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/)
KEYS_INDEX=$(echo "$DCONF_KEYS" | grep -Eo "[0-9]+" | sort -u | tail -n 1)
KEYS_INDEX=$((KEYS_INDEX + 1))
DCONF_KEYS=$(echo "$DCONF_KEYS" | sed "s|custom-keybindings=\[|custom-keybindings=\['/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/custom$KEYS_INDEX/',|g")
DCONF_KEYS="$DCONF_KEYS
[custom-keybindings/custom$KEYS_INDEX]
binding='$KEYS_SHORTCUT'
command='gnome-terminal --tab-with-profile=$PROFILE_NAME'
name='Gnome Terminal - $PROFILE_NAME'
"
echo "$DCONF_KEYS" > /tmp/dconf.conf
dconf load /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/ < /tmp/dconf.conf
rm /tmp/dconf.conf
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