feat: Toggle voice status using fifo pipe by PolisanTheEasyNick · Pull Request #609 · Vencord/Vesktop

PolisanTheEasyNick · 2024-05-17T22:10:26Z

Note: try to use #326 first.
This PR adds temporarily implementing basic keybinding for toggling mute and deaf statuses.

How it works?

This PR creates pipe file at $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/vesktop-ipc which listens for strings VCD_TOGGLE_SELF_MUTE and VCD_TOGGLE_SELF_DEAF and performs actions if this data is transfered to pipe.
So with this if anywhere in the system you execute echo "VCD_TOGGLE_SELF_MUTE" >> $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/vesktop-ipc then it will toggle mute. echo "VCD_TOGGLE_SELF_DEAF" >> $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/vesktop-ipc will toggle self deafness.

How we can use it?

For example, in KDE systems, we can add custom keybinds which will execute a given command with needed signal:

I think in other DEs there must be ways to do similar actions.
If it will be merged, I think we must write these instructions into README.
This solution is really temporary and in future we must move to some native solutions for keybindings.

Vendicated · 2024-06-16T16:21:01Z

this doesn't really work still. the first command works, but then runs into

Failed to mkfifo /run/user/1000/vesktop-ipc while initializing vesktop-ipc: Error: Command failed: mkfifo /run/user/1000/vesktop-ipc
mkfifo: cannot create fifo '/run/user/1000/vesktop-ipc': File exists

PolisanTheEasyNick · 2024-06-16T17:25:59Z

Didn't have this issue, but now before creating a pipe file it checks whether it exists, if so removes the file and recreates. Also, it must now remove the file if Vesktop is closed.

hollowstrawberry · 2024-08-24T19:51:21Z

Works great for me.

minchingtonak · 2024-08-26T21:08:33Z

Hi there, thanks for creating this feature. I'm using it now and it works nicely. I did have to patch the implementation to allow non-wayland display servers though.

I'm curious, is there a reason the keybinds are only enabled on wayland? It seems to be working fine and I'm running X11.

JoshIce · 2024-09-02T04:42:59Z

Hey just wanted to say this is working great! Hoping we can get this or some other solution merged into main soon!

CookieUniverse · 2024-09-05T19:12:29Z

I don't really know if its my problem but when run echo "VCD_TOGGLE_SELF_MUTE" >> $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/vesktop-ipc it just hangs the console and nothing happens.
Using the latest Nobara Linux with wayland and nvidia drivers if that matters.

PolisanTheEasyNick · 2024-09-05T19:28:18Z

I don't really know if its my problem but when run echo "VCD_TOGGLE_SELF_MUTE" >> $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/vesktop-ipc it just hangs the console and nothing happens. Using the latest Nobara Linux with wayland and nvidia drivers if that matters.

Please show output of echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR and ls -la $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR

CookieUniverse · 2024-09-05T19:32:00Z

I don't really know if its my problem but when run echo "VCD_TOGGLE_SELF_MUTE" >> $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/vesktop-ipc it just hangs the console and nothing happens. Using the latest Nobara Linux with wayland and nvidia drivers if that matters.

Please show output of echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR and ls -la $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR

PolisanTheEasyNick · 2024-09-05T19:38:14Z

Looks like no problem with pipe creation.
Which terminal shell do you use? Is it bash?
Please answer in PM discord: ob3r0n for not spamming here with support topic

CookieUniverse · 2024-09-05T20:26:56Z

turns out my problem wasn't related to this. this works!

ilobilo · 2024-10-06T16:33:13Z

Hi is this getting merged any time soon?

PolisanTheEasyNick · 2024-10-06T17:00:22Z

Hi is this getting merged any time soon?

I don't believe so, this PR is desired for other users who needs that feature.

ilobilo · 2024-10-06T18:58:08Z

do I need to build it myself to use it?

minchingtonak · 2024-10-07T22:48:59Z

do I need to build it myself to use it?

Yes. Use the instructions here, make sure to check out this branch right after cloning (git switch keybinds).

HateJoysticks · 2025-02-11T13:21:49Z

I think I'm doing something wrong here, Can someone explain how to do it?

ilobilo · 2025-02-11T13:26:28Z

could this branch be updated with main?

vinivosh · 2025-06-13T15:21:57Z

Just saying that this is working perfectly for my use case! I'm impressed, hope this gets merged some time.

…g fifo pipe)

mgabor3141 · 2025-12-26T17:03:05Z

Hi, I've resolved the conflicts and updated the branch with the changes from main.
See: mgabor3141#1 or PolisanTheEasyNick#2

I've also added MUTE and UNMUTE commands in addition to the TOGGLE_MUTE command.
See: mgabor3141/Vesktop@328710d (#2)

Vencord/Vesktop#609 mgabor3141/Vesktop#2

contains changes from upstream Vencord#609 Co-authored-by: Oleh Polisan <polisanoleg@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Vendicated <vendicated@riseup.net>

Vencord/Vesktop#609 mgabor3141/Vesktop#2

Vendicated · 2026-04-05T04:19:47Z

Superseded by #1238 which uses a unix socket server instead

PolisanTheEasyNick and others added 3 commits May 18, 2024 00:41

Added ability to toggle voice using proc signals

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PolisanTheEasyNick changed the title ~~Added ability to toggle voice using proc signals~~ feat: Toggle voice status using proc signals May 17, 2024

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PolisanTheEasyNick changed the title ~~feat: Toggle voice status using proc signals~~ feat: Toggle voice status using fifo pipe May 24, 2024

use keybinds only on wayland

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Custom Keybinds #18

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moved isWayland to constants

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[Feature Request] mute/unmute with a command #887

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contains changes from upstream Vencord#609 Co-authored-by: Oleh Polisan <polisanoleg@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Vendicated <vendicated@riseup.net>

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