Getting value shared that indicates that interface is set to tethering mode.

$ nmcli -f ipv4.method con 'USB Networking'
shared

Getting value activated that indicates that tethering is activated.

$ nmcli -f GENERAL.STATE con 'USB Networking'
activated

Also

$ nmcli con 'USB Networking' | grep ipv4.method | awk '{print $2}'
shared

I've seen report #1941 and figured to have an indication in the statusbar as to whether an SSH session is currently active and how many connections there are.

Commands: users and who. Example: who | wc -l.

I didn't take care for X11. I should add this code:

case $XDG_SESSION_TYPE in

  x11)
    # I didn't find the X11 command
    # https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-utils/tree/master/item/scripts/deviceprofiles/README.md
    # Maybe i3-msg -t get_outputs?

  wayland)
    # swaymsg -t get_inputs

esac

Would there be a way of detecting keypresses in order to get the volume buttons right etc., if someone wrote an interactive script?

An interactive script is a good idea! I think an interactive script is possible using xev.

Note: The current instructions for SXMO don't work for me, unless executing the above nmcli commands.

After the doubt has been resolved and instructions are set, I suggest to add a toggle menu item to enable and disable USB Tethering.

1. Toggle Menu item (toggle)
2. Status bar to indicate that Tethering is activated

$ nmcli c modify '83bd1823-feca-4c2b-9205-4b83dc792e1f' ipv4.method shared
$ nmcli d reapply usb0

$ nmcli c modify '83bd1823-feca-4c2b-9205-4b83dc792e1f' ipv4.method manual
$ nmcli d reapply usb0

And, of course, SXMO is soon expected to be portable to other OSs other than Alpine Linux.

In any case, it would be nice if there's a simple way to relocate to /usr/share/sxmo/.

I suggest to close this ticket, as raising this discussion is enough.

You, the developers will decide what to do with this.

This is really a utility script.

What would be the proper place for it?

Perhaps we should upload it to pmOS or SXMO documentation.

sxmo itself is already mostly written in POSIX shell script, introducing a config file format introduces more complexity.

Thanks. I didn't know this.

I didn't understand your second comment.

noneofyourbusiness, please help me. I'm a not a professional.

aren, even though devices are more powerful now, I'm not in favor of a daemon, unless it terminate itself once it gets an indication that hardware keys are working.

I'm not an expert.

Desktop files, maybe?

I'm not comfortable havnig such type of files, which I consider as configuration files, inside /usr/bin/, and it seems weird to me.

Make something else, or even keep the Bash files, but don't locate it under /usr/bin/, but rather under /usr/share/sxmo/deviceprofile/.

I'm not an expert.