sketchybar: init

stow/.config/sketchybar/plugins/input-method.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# from: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/251666/how-to-get-current-input-language-of-the-input-source
+
+#!/usr/local/bin/bash
+# Checks current keyboard input source (aka language)
+
+#These are the strings that MacOS uses to identify the current input source
+ENGLISH="Australian"
+HIRIGANA="com.apple.inputmethod.Japanese"
+KATANA="com.apple.inputmethod.Japanese.Katakana"
+
+WESTERN_LANGUAGE=$(defaults read ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox.plist AppleSelectedInputSources | grep 'KeyboardLayout Name' | sed -E 's/^.+ = \"?([^\"]+)\"?;$/\1/')
+
+# If the current language is not western one, then check a different variable
+EASTERN_LANGUAGE=$(defaults read ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.HIToolbox.plist AppleSelectedInputSources | grep -w 'Input Mode' | head -1 | sed -E 's/^.+ = \"?([^\"]+)\"?;$/\1/')
+
+if [ "$WESTERN_LANGUAGE" = "$ENGLISH" ]; then
+  LABEL="English"
+  ICON="🇬🇧"
+elif [ "$EASTERN_LANGUAGE" = "$HIRIGANA" ]; then
+  LABEL="Japanese"
+  ICON="🇯🇵"
+elif [ "$EASTERN_LANGUAGE" = "$KATANA" ]; then
+  LABEL="Katakana"
+  ICON="🈴"
+fi
+
+sketchybar --set "$NAME" label="$LABEL" icon="$ICON"