Shelly

Shelly is a plugin that uses the Shelly Arch Package Manager to display package update information in a bar widget.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	joshuaslate/shelly
Entries	Service: update_poller; bar widget: shelly

Requirements

Install the Shelly Arch Package Manager (>= v3.0.0) from the AUR. The shelly command must be available on PATH.

Verify the correct version is installed by running shelly --version in a terminal. It should return a version number >= 3.0.0.

Test that it works by running shelly list updates all in a terminal. If it returns a list of packages, then it is working correctly.

Usage

Add the shelly widget from Noctalia's widget picker. It periodically checks for available Arch package updates and shows their count and names in the bar tooltip. Click behavior is configurable: open Shelly's graphical interface, run shelly upgrade all in a terminal, or do nothing.

The update_poller service owns the periodic checks and can notify you when new updates become available.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
interval	int	300	The interval (in seconds) between update checks
notify	bool	false	Whether or not you want to receive notifications when there are new package updates available
color	color	on_surface	The text color for the bar widget
bar_label	select	count_and_label	The label to display in the bar widget when there are updates. Options: count_only, count_and_label.
bar_font_size	int	14	The size of the font displayed in the bar widget
glyph_color	color	on_surface	The color of the glyph on the bar widget
glyph	glyph	package	Bar widget icon
glyph_size	int	14	The size of the glyph in the bar widget
click_action	select	open_gui	The action to perform when the bar widget is clicked. Options: open_gui, open_updater, none.
hide_when_up_to_date	bool	false	Whether or not to hide the bar widget when there are no package updates available