@legtod2 Opps minor tweak on commands.json

{"trigger":"Open Calculator","command":"/home/pi/open_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"calculator","allowParams": "false"},
{"trigger":"Close Calculator","command":"/home/pi/close_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"exit","allowParams": "false"},

I guess I need to learn about a command with options

@legtod2 Ok so here's my open and close galculator that works
{"trigger":"Open Calculator","command":"/home/pi/open_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"open calculator","allowParams": "false"},
{"trigger":"Close Calculator","command":"/home/pi/close_galc.sh","ground":"foreground","voice":"close calculator","allowParams": "false"},

cat open_galc.sh
#!/bin/bash
su - pi -c 'export DISPLAY=:0.0; galculator'
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat close_galc.sh
#!/bin/bash
su - pi -c 'export DISPLAY=:0.0; killall -9 galculator'

@legtod2 That works pretty well
#!/bin/bash
su - pi -c 'export DISPLAY=:0.0; galculator'

{"trigger":"Gnome Calculator","command":"/home/pi/galc.sh","ground":"foregroun
d","voice":"calculator","allowParams": "false"},

Now the next logical question is a close command.

Should I have a 2nd script to perform a kill command or is there a slicker options of having a trigger command with option of open and close ?

@russ that makes sense and easy to implement. Thanks for the advise.

@russ Correct. Simply a trigger cmd with the ability to display text or a media picture or object to the echo show. It could also be helpful like

for run calculator
for run close calculator or more helpful reminders

I am creating an interface to fruitbox jukebox
So when I want to increase volume or pause or skip songs I can add text display to echo show screen.

Logging on raspberry pi.

Building a few triggercmds on my raspberry pi.
Simple commands like shutdown and reboot work fine.
If I want to launch foreground apps like the calculator "galculator" needs to launch a xterm or gnome app. The default user is pi and triggeragent runs as root.
For debugging purposes of cmds how do I log and view the results.
For example here is my calulator example.
{"trigger":"Gnome Calculator","command":"galculator","ground":"foreground","voice":"calculator","allowParams": "false"},
My assumption is that the command needs references to pi user and xterminal references to launch. But I cant see debug results to fix commands as they become more complex.

@russ
I would like for the echo show screen to remind the user to give my own examples of trigger cmds

For example when I say :
Echo open triggercmd.

Echo show screen displays:
Say something like run calculator on officepc

Launched

Can I control this display to display something else

On echo show and google display screens can we display text and buttons?

@russ Very cool suggestion. Send the equivalent to pressing a local keyboard keypress.