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[indicator-chars.git] / indicator-chars.py
1 #!/usr/bin/python
2 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
3 #
4 # Very simple chars indicator.
5 # Author: Tobias Schlitt <toby@php.net>
6 #
7 # Copyright (c) 2011, Tobias Schlitt
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31 # DAMAGE.
32
33 import os
34 import re
35 import gtk
36 import gio
37 import signal
38 import subprocess
39 # sudo apt-get install python-appindicator
40 import appindicator
41
42 APP_NAME = 'indicator-chars'
43 APP_VERSION = '0.2'
44
45 class IndicatorChars:
46 CHARS_PATH = os.path.join(os.getenv('HOME'), '.indicator-chars')
47 SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
48
49 submenu_title_pattern = re.compile(r'\[([^]]+)\] *')
50 description_pattern = re.compile(r' *(\([^)]+\)) *')
51
52 def __init__(self):
53 self.ind = appindicator.Indicator(
54 "Chars", os.path.join(self.SCRIPT_DIR, 'light16x16.png'),
55 appindicator.CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS)
56 self.ind.set_status(appindicator.STATUS_ACTIVE)
57
58 self.update_menu()
59
60 def create_menu_item(self, label):
61 item = gtk.MenuItem()
62 item.set_label(label)
63 return item
64
65 def on_chars_changed(self, filemonitor, file, other_file, event_type):
66 if event_type == gio.FILE_MONITOR_EVENT_CHANGES_DONE_HINT:
67 print 'Characters changed, updating menu...'
68 self.update_menu()
69
70 def update_menu(self, widget = None, data = None):
71 try:
72 charDef = open(self.CHARS_PATH).readlines()
73 except IOError:
74 charDef = []
75
76 # Create menu
77 menu = gtk.Menu()
78
79 for charLine in charDef:
80 charLine = unicode(charLine)
81 charLine = charLine.strip()
82 submenu_match = self.submenu_title_pattern.match(charLine)
83 if submenu_match:
84 submenu_title = submenu_match.group(1)
85 # remove title part from remainder:
86 charLine = charLine[submenu_match.end():]
87 else:
88 submenu_title = ''.join(
89 self.description_pattern.split(charLine)[::2])
90 parentItem = self.create_menu_item(submenu_title)
91 subMenu = gtk.Menu()
92 while charLine:
93 char = charLine[0]
94 charLine = charLine[1:]
95 description_match = self.description_pattern.match(charLine)
96 if description_match:
97 item_title = char + ' ' + description_match.group(1)
98 # remove description part from remainder:
99 charLine = charLine[description_match.end():]
100 else:
101 item_title = char
102 subItem = self.create_menu_item(item_title)
103 subItem.connect("activate", self.on_char_click, char)
104 subMenu.append(subItem)
105 parentItem.set_submenu(subMenu)
106 menu.append(parentItem)
107
108 menu.append(gtk.SeparatorMenuItem())
109 quit_item = self.create_menu_item('Quit')
110 quit_item.connect("activate", self.on_quit)
111 menu.append(quit_item)
112
113 # Show the menu
114 self.ind.set_menu(menu)
115 menu.show_all()
116
117 def on_char_click(self, widget, char):
118 cb = gtk.Clipboard(selection="PRIMARY")
119 cb.set_text(char)
120
121 def on_quit(self, widget):
122 gtk.main_quit()
123
124
125 if __name__ == "__main__":
126 # Catch CTRL-C
127 signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, lambda signal, frame: gtk.main_quit())
128
129 # Run the indicator
130 i = IndicatorChars()
131
132 # Monitor bookmarks changes
133 file = gio.File(i.CHARS_PATH)
134 monitor = file.monitor_file()
135 monitor.connect("changed", i.on_chars_changed)
136
137 # Main gtk loop
138 gtk.main()