@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ $count -gt 0 ]
 then
     echo $count > $HOME/.config/newsboat/unread
     pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks
-    notify-send "$count unread RSS feeds"
+    notify-send -i feedreader "$count unread RSS feeds"
 elif [ $count -eq 0 ]
 then
     echo $count > $HOME/.config/newsboat/unread

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ 
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+ ping -q -c 1 google.com >/dev/null || exit
+[ "$1" = "-u" ] && sudo pacman -Sy
+count=$(pacman -Qu | wc -l)
+
+[ $count -gt 0 ] && notify-send \
+	"$count package updates available"
+
+pkill -SIGRTMIN+8 i3blocks 

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ 
+#!/bin/sh
+# /usr/bin/i3-scrot
+#
+# simple screenshot-script using scrot for manjaro-i3 by oberon@manjaro.org
+
+_conf=$HOME/.config/i3-scrot.conf
+
+if ! [ -f $_conf ]; then
+	echo "scrot_dir=$(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)" > $_conf
+fi
+
+source $_conf
+
+if ! [ -d $scrot_dir ]; then
+	mkdir -p $scrot_dir
+fi
+
+if ! [[ -z "$2" ]]; then
+    cmd="scrot -d $2"
+else
+    cmd='scrot'
+fi
+
+case "$1" in
+	--desk|-d|$NULL)
+		cd $scrot_dir
+	        $cmd &&
+		notify-send "Screenshot saved"
+		;;
+	--window|-w)
+		cd $scrot_dir
+		$cmd -u &&
+		notify-send "Screenshot saved"
+		;;
+	--select|-s)
+		cd $scrot_dir
+		notify-send 'Select an area for the screenshot' &
+		scrot -s &&
+		notify-send "Screenshot saved"
+		;;
+	--help|-h)
+		echo "
+available options:
+-d | --desk    full screen
+-w | --window  active window
+-s | --select  selection
+-h | --help    display this information
+
+The -d or -w options can be used with a delay
+by adding the number of seconds, like for example:
+'i3-scrot -w 5'
+
+Default option is 'full screen'.
+
+The file destination can be set in ${_conf}.
+Default is $scrot_dir
+"
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "
+== ! i3-scrot: missing or wrong argument ! ==
+
+available options:
+-d | --desk    full screen
+-w | --window  active window
+-s | --select  selection
+-h | --help    display this information
+
+Default option is 'full screen'.
+
+The file destination can be set in ${_conf}.
+Default is $scrot_dir
+"
+
+        exit 2
+esac
+
+exit 0

@@ -18,9 +18,21 @@ case "$1" in
 	*mkv|*webm|*mp4|*gif)
 		setsid mpv -quiet "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
 	*youtube.com*|*youtu.be*)
-        notify-send "Playing youtube video" 
+		cq=""
+		q=$(echo -en "1080p\n720p\n480p\n360p\n240p" | dmenu $DMENU_ARGS\
+		-p 'Quality ')
+		case $q in
+			"1080p") cq="-1" ;;
+			"720p")  cq="-7" ;;
+			"480p")  cq="-4" ;;
+			"360p")  cq="-3" ;;
+			"240p")  cq="-2" ;;
+			"") q="default";;
+		esac
+
+		notify-send -i youtube "Playing youtube video in $q quality" 
 		# setsid mpv --ytdl-format=$ytdlfmt --quiet "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
-		setsid youtube-viewer "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
+		setsid youtube-viewer $cq "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
 	*png|*jpg|*jpe|*jpeg)
 		setsid feh "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 & ;;
 	*mp3|*flac|*opus|*mp3?source)

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ # To be used with the i3blocks setup
 # I made this so that I can call open newsboat in a new terminal window and
 # also signaling i3block at the same time. Use this with the dmenu launcher
 # I use with i3 with mod+d 
-st -e zsh -c newsboat && pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks
+st -e bash -c newsboat && pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ 
 #!/bin/sh
 
 remind_path=$HOME/.config/note
-dmenu_cmd="dmenu -l 20 -h 23"
+dmenu_cmd="dmenu $DMENU_ARGS -l 20 -h 20"
+#dmenu_cmd="dmenu $DMENU_ARGS -l 20"
+[ -e $remind_path ] || touch $remind_path
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
     output=$(cat $remind_path | $dmenu_cmd)
@@ -9,9 +11,8 @@ [ $? -ne 0 ] && exit;
 fi
 
 case $output in
-    +) echo -n "" | dmenu -nb "#000" -sb "#FFF"\
-        -sf "#000" -h 23 -p note >> $remind_path;;
-    *) ans=$(echo -e "no\nyes" | dmenu -h 23 -p "Delete?")
+    +) echo -n "" | $dmenu_cmd -p note >> $remind_path;;
+    *) ans=$(echo -e "no\nyes" | $dmenu_cmd -p "Delete?")
        if [ $ans = "yes" ]; then
            sed -i "/$output/d" $remind_path
        else

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ #!/usr/bin/bash
 # Wrote this to be able to take a selective-area screenshot for my note-taking
 # workflow
 # Screenshots are saved in the respective img/ directory of each 
-# subject/course/book directory under ~/Documents/notes/
+# subject/course/book directory under ~/docs/notes/
 # This is so that I can use those images in markdown while writing notes
 # and compile them using pandoc. Useful to take screenshots of diagrams
 # from book that I am reading.
 
-#nip - Notes images paths for notes in ~/Documents/notes
+#nip - Notes images paths for notes in ~/docs/notes
 [[ -e $HOME/.config/nip ]] || exit 0
 n_path=$(cat $HOME/.config/nip | dmenu -l 15)
 [[ -z $n_path ]] && exit 0

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ # Change these accordingly
 env_home = os.environ['HOME']
 tmp_pd_path = '/tmp/pd'
 key_path = env_home + '/.pdkey'
-pd_dir = env_home + '/Dropbox/pd'
+pd_dir = env_home + '/dropbox/pd'
 pd_path = pd_dir + '/pd'
 rclone_dir = 'drop:/pd'