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authorJon Gjengset <jon@thesquareplanet.com>2013-09-05 22:25:09 +0100
committerJon Gjengset <jon@thesquareplanet.com>2013-09-05 22:25:09 +0100
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@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ Note that any script communicating with `mktrayicon` **must**, for the time
being, send `q` when they are done. Just removing the FIFO file will **not**
cause the tray icon to be removed.
+## Why?
+
+Because I wanted to be able to create tray icons from bash without all the
+hassle of interacting with GTK. Now I can create scripts for measuring stuff and
+instantly make tray icons out of them (3G signal strength for example).
+
## Example run
```bash
bgstack15