pb-cheatsheet

Use a pocketbook device to display cheatsheet's (images) depending on the current focused window.

Currently only support for Gnome desktops is implemented.

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Prerequisites

First, install needed dependencies and set up the build:

just prerequisites

To see all available commands run:

just --list

Installation

Client

Connect the pocketbook device to your host. Build and transfer the pocketbook client application by running:

just pb_sdk_version=<sdk-version> transfer-pb-client-usb

The app will now appear in the pocketbook application menu. Launch it for it to wait for messages by the host.

Host

Install the focused-window-dbus gnome-shell extension.

Build and deploy the host service with:

just deploy-host-service <pocketbook-ip>

It will create a systemd user service with name pb-cheatsheet-host.service. Additionally the host application pb-cheatsheet-host will be installed into .cargo/bin, which when rust is installed normally should be in your $PATH.

Check it's status and optionally it's journal:

systemctl --user status pb-cheatsheet-host.service
journalctl --user -u pb-cheatsheet-host.service -e

Usage

Host

Even though the service is running in the background, it is still possible to control the device through the pb-cheatsheet-host application. To see available commands, run:

pb-cheatsheet-host --help

For example:

• Upload a new cheatsheet with a specific name, with tags associated to it:

pb-cheatsheet-host -a <pocketbook-ip>:51151 upload-cheatsheet --name <cheatsheet-name> --tags <associated-tags>

• Take a screenshot (screenshot tool will open automatically) and upload upload it to the device for display:

pb-cheatsheet-host -a <pocketbook-ip>:51151 screenshot

• Associate tags to a specific reported WM-Class:

pb-cheatsheet-host -a <pocketbook-ip>:51151 add-wm-class-tags --wm-class <wm-class> --tags <associated-tags>

Whenever the associated tags of a focused window WM-Class match with the associated tags of a cheatsheet, it will be one of the cheatsheet pages that can get displayed.

Client

Controls:

• Prev/Next Button Short Press : Cycle through the cheatsheet pages
• Prev/Next Button Long Press > 1.5secs : Cycle through the UI modes:
  • Manual (M) : Browse through all available cheatsheets yourself
  • Automatic WM-Class (A-WMC) : display cheatsheets depending on their matching associated tags with the current reported WM-Class
  • Screenshot (SCR) : display the latest screenshot sent to the device. Note: the screenshot image is not persistent across app launches.
• Menu Button Short Press : Toggle stats overlay displaying the current reported info and stats

License

^{Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later license.}