UPDATE MAR 15 2010 - Wiki has been created (not by me) with list of useful scripts.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Desktop_Command_Execution_Widget_scripts

UPDATE FEB 3 2010 - It's now up to version 0.8 and is vastly improved. (resizeable also)

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I found a very interesting app this morning.
It's called Desktop Command Execution Widget.

http://maemo.org/packages/view/desktop-cmd-exec/

Here is a simple script I'm using to get it to display an accurate percentage number of my battery level:

hal-device | grep percen | awk '{print $3"%"}'

Here is a screenshot of how it looks. (Wish the widget could be resized....)


I was wondering what other useful stuff I could use with it. Any ideas?
(I'm like a total noob when it comes to scripting. I got help from my linux guru friend to make the script above)

Also, can this be resized? or launch multiple instances?

Few script ideas:
- Uptime. When you install this, it has the uptime script pre-filled.
- Battery level. as above.
- Disk space used / free