This is a small Ubuntu/Unity Indicator-applet which constantly checks a remote Transmission-Bittorrent ( http://www.transmissionbt.com/ ) Session. It's written in Python and uses the transmissionrpc library ( https://bitbucket.org/blueluna/transmissionrpc/wiki/Home )
- shows:
- up- and download speed
- number of active torrents
- number of torrents with errors
- turtle mode enabled or not
- start Transmission remote GUI by clicking on either Errors or Active
- toggle turtle mode by clicking on Turtle Mode
- two different display style:
- inline => show speed in show speed info in status bar
- symbol => show only a symbol in status bar
transmissionrpc is needed and it is available at Python Package Index so a simple
$ easy_install transmissionrpc
should be fine. If not, head over to https://bitbucket.org/blueluna/transmissionrpc/wiki/Home
After that, just run the file
$ ./remote_transmission_indicator.py
For an automatic start after login, use Ubuntu's Startup Application (via Dash)
Just edit the first few lines of the source code to suit your needs.