Formerly reminders.py. Command Line program that produces a popup reminder of choice at given time interval in seconds (default: "Stand up and stretch!" every 60 minutes)

clingycat.py

"""
author: eric-cc-su

This is a command line program that produces a popup with text of choice at given time inteval in seconds 
(default: "Stand up and stretch!" every 60 minutes)

This code is under the MIT License (end of file) and copyrighted by Eric Su
"""

import argparse, os, sys, time, traceback
try:
	import tkinter as tk
except ImportError:
	try:
		print("Consider Python 3...")
		time.sleep(1)
		import Tkinter as tk
	except ImportError:
		sys.exit(traceback.format_exception_only(sys.exc_info()[0], sys.exc_info()[1])[0])
 
stand_time = time.time()
frame = None

def clear_screen():
	if 'win' in str(sys.platform):
		os.system('cls')
	else:
		os.system('clear')

# Create reminder window
def remind(master, message):
	global frame
	frame = tk.Frame(master)
	frame.pack()
 
	label = tk.Message(frame, text=message, padx=50, pady= 20, width=400).pack()
	button = tk.Button(frame, text="OK", command=lambda: quit(frame), padx=15, pady=5, takefocus=True).pack()
 
# Close reminder window, set new stand time
def quit(frame):
	frame.quit()
	global stand_time
	stand_time = time.time()

def main(args):	
	while True:
		if time.time() - stand_time >= args.time:  # Waits until args.time seconds have passed since standing
			root = tk.Tk()
			root.title("Clingycat - Constant Reminders")
			root.geometry("400x100")
			root.attributes('-topmost', True)  # Popup is above all windows
			reminder = remind(root, args.message)
			root.mainloop()
			root.destroy()


# Command Line parser
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Reminder to stand up at given time interval")
parser.add_argument("-m","--message", help="The reminder message", default="Stand up and stretch!")
parser.add_argument("-t","--time", help="Frequency of time to notify user to stand", default=3600, type=int)
args = parser.parse_args()
clear_screen()
print("\nReminder set to {} seconds\n".format(args.time))
print("reminders.py running...\n")
print("Press Ctrl+C to quit or click 'x' in reminder window")

try:
	main(args)
except KeyboardInterrupt:  # User has quit with Ctrl+C
	clear_screen()
	print("reminders closed")
except tk.TclError:  # User has quit with "x" window button
	clear_screen()
	print("reminders closed")
except Exception:  # Unexpected exception
	clear_screen()
	print(traceback.print_exc())
	print()
	print("Looks like you found a bug!")
	print("Please message eric-cc-su on GitHub, he's curious to know about it!")
	
sys.exit(0)

"""
The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Eric Su

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
"""