├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── dark-mode.py
└── preview.gif


/LICENSE:
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 1 | MIT License
 2 | 
 3 | Copyright (c) 2018 Siddharth Dushantha
 4 | 
 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
11 | 
12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software.
14 | 
15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
21 | SOFTWARE.
22 | 


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/README.md:
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 1 | # dark-mode
 2 | 
 3 | > Control the macOS dark mode from the terminal
 4 | 
 5 | *Requires macOS 10.10 or later. Tested on macOS 10.13*
 6 | 
 7 | <p align="center">
 8 | <img src=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdushantha/dark-mode/master/preview.gif>
 9 | </a>
10 | </p>
11 | 
12 | ## Installation
13 | 
14 | ```bash
15 | # clone the repo
16 | $ git clone https://github.com/sdushantha/dark-mode.git
17 | ```
18 | 
19 | ## Usage
20 | ```bash
21 | Usage: python3 dark-mode.py [command]
22 | 
23 | Commands
24 |   <none>  Toggle dark mode
25 |   on      Enable dark mode
26 |   off     Disable dark mode
27 |   status  Dark mode status
28 | ```
29 | 
30 | ## License
31 | MIT License
32 | 
33 | Copyright (c) 2018 Siddharth Dushantha
34 | 


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/dark-mode.py:
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 1 | #!/usr/bin/env python3
 2 | 
 3 | import subprocess as sp
 4 | import sys
 5 | import platform
 6 | from os import system
 7 | 
 8 | prefix = """osascript -e 'tell application \"System Events\" to tell appearance preferences to"""
 9 | get_status = "defaults read -g AppleInterfaceStyle"
10 | 
11 | 
12 | def show_help():
13 |     help_message = """
14 | Usage: python3 dark-mode.py [command]
15 | 
16 | Commands
17 |   <none>  Toggle dark mode
18 |   on      Enable dark mode
19 |   off     Disable dark mode
20 |   status  Dark mode status
21 |   """
22 |     
23 |     print(help_message)
24 | 
25 | 
26 | def status():
27 |     """
28 |     Get current status, "Dark Mode" or "Light Mode".
29 |     """
30 | 
31 |     try:
32 |         status = sp.check_output(get_status.split(), stderr=sp.STDOUT).decode()
33 |         status = status.replace("\n", "")
34 | 
35 |     except sp.CalledProcessError:
36 |         return "Light Mode"
37 | 
38 |     if status == "Dark":
39 |         return "Dark Mode"
40 | 
41 | 
42 | def set_mode(mode):
43 |     """
44 |     Set the mode
45 |     
46 |     :param mode: The mode to be set
47 |     :type mode: str
48 |     """
49 | 
50 |     if mode == "Null":
51 |         mode = "not dark mode"
52 |     
53 |     cmd = prefix+" set dark mode to {}'".format(mode)
54 |     
55 |     # I know I should use subprocess but it messes up.
56 |     # I will try to fix it.
57 |     system(cmd)
58 | 
59 | 
60 | def main():
61 |     if platform.system() != "Darwin":
62 |         print("Can only be run on macOS!")
63 |         sys.exit()
64 | 
65 |     if len(sys.argv) == 1:
66 |         set_mode("Null")
67 | 
68 |     elif sys.argv[1] == "on":
69 |         set_mode("True")
70 | 
71 |     elif sys.argv[1] == "off":
72 |         set_mode("False")
73 | 
74 |     elif sys.argv[1] == "status":
75 |         print(status())
76 | 
77 |     else:
78 |         show_help()
79 | 
80 | 
81 | if __name__=="__main__":
82 | 	main()
83 | 


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