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Update the TronbytUpdates App #420

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Go a little further back for changes, update to Tronbyt color pallett…
rjison Mar 23, 2026
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Fix typo, use palette colors instead of hardcoding colors for error m…
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84 changes: 66 additions & 18 deletions apps/tronbytupdates/tronbytupdates.star
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Expand Up @@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ load("time.star", "time")

DEFAULT_REPO = "Tronbyt/apps"
DEFAULT_BRANCH = "main"
MAX_COMMITS = 5
MAX_ITEMS = 4
MAX_COMMITS = 20
MAX_ITEMS = 6

TRONBYT_PALETTE = ["#00FFFF", "#FFAA00", "#00FF00", "#0000FF", "#FFFF00", "#FF0000"]

CACHE_TTL_UNAUTHENTICATED = 28800 # 8 hours
CACHE_TTL_AUTHENTICATED = 3600 # 60 minutes
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -223,6 +225,13 @@ def get_schema():
icon = "key",
secret = True,
),
schema.Toggle(
id = "hide_on_error",
name = "Hide if no updates or errors.",
desc = "Don't show the app if no recent updates are found or if there are errors.",
icon = "eye",
default = True,
),
schema.Dropdown(
id = "scroll",
name = "Scroll",
Expand All @@ -245,8 +254,35 @@ def _get_delay(config, is_double_size):
delay = int(config.get("scroll", 45))
return int(delay / 2) if is_double_size else delay

def display_error(config, msg):
"""Displays a formatted error message to the screen."""
delay = _get_delay(config, canvas.is2x())

# Use a smaller font if the message is long to ensure it fits/scrolls well
font = "CG-pixel-3x5-mono" if len(msg) > 20 else "5x8"
if canvas.is2x():
font = "terminus-14"

return render.Root(
delay = delay,
child = render.Column(
expanded = True,
main_align = "center",
cross_align = "center",
children = [
render.Text("ERROR", color = TRONBYT_PALETTE[5], font = "tb-8"),
render.Marquee(
width = canvas.width(),
child = render.Text(content = msg, color = TRONBYT_PALETTE[1], font = font),
),
],
),
)

def main(config):
show_instructions = config.bool("instructions", False)
hide_on_error = config.bool("hide_on_error", True)

if show_instructions:
return display_instructions(config, canvas.is2x())

Expand All @@ -272,18 +308,25 @@ def main(config):
)

if not items:
return []
if hide_on_error:
return []
else:
display_msg = "No recent updates found." if not github_token else "No recent updates or error fetching data."
return display_error(config, display_msg)
else:
# Pick random index instead
random.seed(int(time.now().unix))
random_index = int(random.number(0, len(items) - 1))
selected_item = items[random_index]

# Get other app names (comma delimited with "and")
selected_name = selected_item["app_name"]
other_app_names = []
for idx, item in enumerate(items):
if idx != random_index:
other_app_names.append(item["app_name"])

for item in items:
name = item["app_name"]

# Check if it's the main app OR if we've already added it to the 'also updated' list
if name != selected_name and name not in other_app_names:
other_app_names.append(name)

# Fancy comma list with "and"
if len(other_app_names) == 0:
Expand All @@ -301,8 +344,8 @@ def main(config):
if canvas.is2x():
small_font = "terminus-16"
large_font = "terminus-18"
small_font_width = 16
large_font_width = 18
small_font_width = 8
large_font_width = 9

else:
small_font = "5x8"
Expand All @@ -312,17 +355,22 @@ def main(config):

row1 = "{} by {}".format(selected_item["app_name"], selected_item["author"])
row2 = "{} - Changes: {}".format(selected_item["app_description"], selected_item["change"])
row3 = "Also updated: {}".format(other_list_text)

row2_offset = large_font_width * len(row1) // 2
row3_offset = row2_offset + ((small_font_width * len(row2)) // 2)

render_children = [
render.Marquee(render.Text(row1, font = large_font, color = TRONBYT_PALETTE[0]), width = screen_width),
render.Marquee(render.Text(row2, font = small_font, color = TRONBYT_PALETTE[1]), width = screen_width, offset_start = row2_offset),
]

if other_list_text:
row3 = "Also updated: {}".format(other_list_text)
row3_offset = row2_offset + ((small_font_width * len(row2)) // 2)
render_children.append(
render.Marquee(render.Text(row3, font = small_font, color = TRONBYT_PALETTE[2]), width = screen_width, offset_start = row3_offset),
)

body = render.Column(
children = [
render.Marquee(render.Text(row1, font = large_font, color = "#00FFFF"), width = screen_width),
render.Marquee(render.Text(row2, font = small_font, color = "#FFAA00"), width = screen_width, offset_start = row2_offset),
render.Marquee(render.Text(row3, font = small_font, color = "#00FF00"), width = screen_width, offset_start = row3_offset),
],
children = render_children,
)

delay = _get_delay(config, canvas.is2x())
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