QR code scanning via megapixels

Hardware Librem 5
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Small progress if you wanted to take the script to the next level as far as actually sending an SMS goes. See discussion here: Librem 5 Capabilities That No Other Phone Has - #7 by Skalman

So the full logic would be approximately:

  • if destination number is missing (in the QR code decode result) then prompt for it
  • if text content is missing then prompt for it
  • get confirmation from user to go ahead (essential if neither field was missing, desirable in any case)
  • kill chatty
  • create the SMS (I found that it worked without using a full international number, and nor does the number need to be in single quotes)
  • read the SMS message number (index) in the response to the create
  • request that message number to actually be sent
  • list messages in order to verify that the message was sent
  • delete the specified message sudo mmcli -m any --messaging-delete-sms=N where N is the message number
  • restart chatty

Yeah, it’s not clean but …

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