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notify for dunst i3blocks
#! /usr/bin/env python3
'''
This program is designed to work in tandem with dunst and i3blocks to extend
the functionality of the existing i3blocks notification blocklet and allow
multiple notifications of different priority levels to stack and be displayed.
Copyright (C) 2014 Tomasz Kramkowski
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
'''
import os
import sys
import json
path = os.environ["HOME"] + "/.cache/i3blocks-dunst/notifications"
strlimit = 114
def full_text(notification):
if len(notification["summary"] + notification["body"]) + 1 > strlimit:
return "[{}] {}".format(notification["summary"],
notification["body"])[:strlimit - 3] + "..."
else:
return "[{}] {}".format(notification["summary"], notification["body"])
def short_text(notification):
if len(notification["summary"]) > strlimit:
return notification["summary"][:strlimit - 3] + "..."
else:
return notification["summary"]
def color(notification):
if notification["urgency"] == "LOW":
return "#FFFFFF"
elif notification["urgency"] == "NORMAL":
return "#00FF00"
elif notification["urgency"] == "CRITICAL":
return "#FF0000"
else:
return "#0000FF"
def load_notifications():
if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(path)):
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(path))
if not os.path.isfile(path):
f = open(path, "w+")
else:
f = open(path, "r")
global notifications
try:
notifications = json.load(f)
except:
notifications = list()
f.close()
def save_notifications():
f = open(path, "w")
json.dump(notifications, f)
f.close()
def calledby_i3blocks():
for k in os.environ:
if k.startswith("BLOCK_"):
return True
return False
def gettop():
for k, v in enumerate(notifications):
if v["urgency"] == "CRITICAL":
return k
for k, v in enumerate(notifications):
if v["urgency"] == "NORMAL":
return k
for k, v in enumerate(notifications):
if v["urgency"] == "LOW":
return k
return -1
if __name__ == "__main__":
load_notifications()
if calledby_i3blocks():
if os.environ["BLOCK_BUTTON"]:
if len(notifications) > 0:
notifications.pop(gettop())
save_notifications()
if len(notifications) <= 0:
print("")
print("")
print("")
sys.exit(0)
top = gettop()
amount = ""
if len(notifications) > 1:
amount = "({})".format(len(notifications))
print(full_text(notifications[top]) + amount)
print(short_text(notifications[top]) + amount)
print(color(notifications[top]))
sys.exit(0)
else:
notifications.append({
"app" : sys.argv[1],
"summary" : sys.argv[2],
"body" : sys.argv[3],
"icon" : sys.argv[4],
"urgency" : sys.argv[5]
})
save_notifications()
os.system("pkill -RTMIN+12 i3blocks")
sys.exit(0)
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