minor updates

.config/Thunar/uca.xml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<icon>package-x-generic</icon>
 	<name>Extract Here</name>
 	<unique-id>1617952981028898-1</unique-id>
-	<command>/home/solomon/.local/bin/ext %n</command>
+	<command>ext %n</command>
 	<description>Extracts archive to current directory</description>
 	<patterns>*.tar.bz2;*.tbz2;*.tar.xz;*.tar.gz;*.tar.zst;*.lzma;*.bz2;*.rar;*.gz;*.tar;*.zip;*.Z;*.7z;*.xz;*.exe</patterns>
 	<startup-notify/>

.xmonad/xmonad.hs

@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ myEZKeys =
     , ("M-d m", spawn "/usr/local/bin/dmenumount") -- launch mounter
     , ("M-d u", spawn "/usr/local/bin/dmenuumount") -- launch unmounter
 
+    --NOTE backlight controls
+    , ("<XF86MonBrightnessUp>", spawn "/usr/local/bin/mod_backlight +10") -- increase backlight brightness by 10
+    , ("<XF86MonBrightnessDown>", spawn "/usr/local/bin/mod_backlight -10") -- decrease backlight brightness by 10
+
     --NOTE music and audio controls
     , ("M-S-o", spawn "/usr/local/bin/set-default-sink") -- set default output
     , ("M-S-i", spawn "/usr/local/bin/set-default-source") -- set default input

.zshrc

@@ -109,3 +109,4 @@ source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
 alias config='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME'
 alias logout='/usr/bin/kill -9 -1'
 alias ipaddr='curl api.ipify.org'
+alias sms='nohup kdeconnect-sms &'