[How to do instruction] Automatic Light & Dark Mode

[Pieter]

I like my moOde interface to follow my macOS system appearance settings (light mode during the day, dark mode in the evening). The default and Whiteshade themes fit that bill perfectly so here's a few commands to automatically switch between the two at given times of the day.

1. Setup

Code:

cd /home/pi
mkdir scripts
cd scripts

2. lightmode.sh

Code:

#!/bin/sh
sqlite3 /var/local/www/db/moode-sqlite3.db "UPDATE cfg_system SET value = 'Whiteshade' WHERE id = 88;"

3. darkmode.sh

Code:

#!/bin/sh
sqlite3 /var/local/www/db/moode-sqlite3.db "UPDATE cfg_system SET value = 'Default' WHERE id = 88;"

4. Make the scripts executable

Code:

chmod +x lightmode.sh
chmod +x darkmode.sh

5. Run the scripts at specific times (06:30 lightmode, 20:00 darkmode)

Code:

crontab -e

30 6 * * * /home/pi/scripts/lightmode.sh
0 20 * * * /home/pi/scripts/darkmode.sh

sudo service cron restart

[TheOldPresbyope]

Nice!

[modeosonja]

Good one.. looks amazing!

[KmPan]

Good one,

[KmPan]

Good one,

Thanks for the hint,  .

[gregvds]

Great idea! Thanks,

Done it, with some personal themes I added like this:

Code:

sudo sqlite3 /var/local/www/db/moode-sqlite3.db       -> Connect to DB

.schema cfg_theme                                     -> give table structure (just for education)
select * from cfg_theme;                              -> show content of table (to be sure new ids will not conflict)
insert into cfg_theme (id,theme_name,tx_color,bg_color,mbg_color) values(16, 'Steppe', 'ddd', '162,146,146', '64,58,58,0.75');
insert into cfg_theme (id,theme_name,tx_color,bg_color,mbg_color) values(17, 'Dark Clay', 'ddd', '116,111,111', '69,66,66,0.75');
                                                     -> insert new themes
.exit

Greg

[Tim Curtis]

When u get the chance post some screenies of the Themes.

[gregvds]

Damn, the copy-paste images are not working.

I don't have an online account to stock images..

Sorry about that,

Greg

[Tim Curtis]

Hi,

The images don't appear fo me, can you have a look?