chore: improve screen recorder script

.config/sway/config

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set $right l
 
 
 # wf-recorder
-set $screenrecorder `bash $HOME/.config/sway/scripts/open-screen-recorder.sh`
+set $screenrecorder `bash $HOME/.config/sway/scripts/screen-recorder.sh`
 bindsym --to-code $mod+Shift+R exec $screenrecorder
 
 # background

.config/sway/scripts/open-screen-recorder.sh

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
-
-main() {
-  pid="$(pgrep "wf-recorder" || pgrep "slurp")"
-  status=$?
-
-  if [[ $status != 0 ]]; then 
-    GEO="$(slurp)" &&  wf-recorder -g "$GEO" -f "$HOME/Videos/$(date +'recording_%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S.mp4')"
-  else 
-    pkill --signal SIGINT wf-recorder
-  fi
-}
-
-main $@

.config/sway/scripts/screen-recorder.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+main() {
+  pid="$(pgrep "wf-recorder" || pgrep "slurp")"
+  status=$?
+
+  if [[ $status != 0 ]]; then 
+    if [[ -f ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs ]]; then
+      source ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
+    fi
+
+    output_dir="${XDG_VIDEOS_DIR:-$HOME/Videos}"
+
+    if [[ ! -d "$output_dir" ]]; then
+      notify-send "Screen recording output directory does not exist: $output_dir" -u critical -t 3000
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    filename="$output_dir/$(date +'recording_%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S.mp4')"
+
+    region="$(slurp)" &&  wf-recorder -g "$region" -f "$filename"
+  else 
+    pkill --signal SIGINT wf-recorder
+  fi
+}
+
+main $@

.config/waybar/config.jsonc

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 		"return-type": "json",
 		"exec": "echo '{\"class\": \"recording\"}'",
 		"exec-if": "pgrep wf-recorder",
-		"on-click": "$HOME/.config/waybar/scripts/close-screen-recorder.sh"
+		"on-click": "$HOME/.config/sway/scripts/screen-recorder.sh"
 	},
 	"privacy": {
 		"icon-spacing": 4,

.config/waybar/scripts/check-updates.sh

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 main() {
+  data=""
   updates=$(checkupdates --nocolor 2>/dev/null)
+
   if [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$updates" ]]; then
-    echo '{"text": "", "tooltip": ""}' | jq --unbuffered --compact-output
+    data='{"text": "", "tooltip": ""}'
   else
     numberOfUpdates=$(echo "$updates" | wc -l)
     tooltip=$(echo "$updates" | sed 's/\n/\r/g' | jq -sR .)
-    echo "{\"text\": \"$numberOfUpdates\", \"tooltip\": $tooltip}" | jq --unbuffered --compact-output
+    data="{\"text\": \"$numberOfUpdates\", \"tooltip\": $tooltip}" 
   fi
+
+  echo $data | jq --unbuffered --compact-output
 }
 
 main "$@"

.config/waybar/scripts/close-screen-recorder.sh

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-
-main() {
-  pid="$(pgrep "wf-recorder" || pgrep "slurp")"
-  status=$?
-
-  if [[ $status == 0 ]]; then 
-    pkill --signal SIGINT wf-recorder
-  fi
-}
-
-main $@