Not Just Text

A Noctalia bar widget that displays a short message — either custom text, a random quote from fortune, or a random entry from a text file you provide.

Features

• just text — type anything, it shows up in the bar
• List mode — picks a random line from a text file each time the wallpaper changes
• Fortune mode — shows a random quote from fortune -s instead
• Wallpaper-triggered refresh — when list or fortune mode is on, a new entry is picked each time the wallpaper changes (can be disabled to pick once per session)
• Fortune options — optionally filter by category (e.g. computers), enable offensive quotes (-o), or equalise category probability (-e)
• Click the widget to open settings directly

List mode

Picks a random line from a plain text file — one entry per line. You can put anything in it: kaomoji, short phrases, quotes, whatever.

An examples.txt is included in the plugin directory as a starting point. Point the setting at any file you like; if no file is configured, examples.txt is used automatically.

Lines starting with # (hash + space) and blank lines are ignored, so #hashtag style entries work fine.

Fortune mode

Requires fortune to be installed. Quotes are filtered to single-line entries up to a configurable character limit (default: 60). If no suitable quote is found after 10 attempts, the widget displays (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻.

Settings

Key	Type	Default	Description
text	string	"Hello"	Static text shown in the bar (just text mode)
fortuneEnabled	bool	false	Enable fortune mode
fortuneCategory	string	""	Limit fortune to a specific category (e.g. computers)
fortuneMaxLength	int	60	Maximum character length a fortune quote may have
fortuneOffensive	bool	false	Also draw from the offensive fortune database (-o)
fortuneEqual	bool	false	Give all categories equal probability regardless of size (-e)
listEnabled	bool	false	Enable list mode
textFile	string	""	Path to a text file; falls back to bundled examples.txt if empty
refreshOnWallpaper	bool	true	Pick a new entry when the wallpaper changes; disable to pick once per session