gist-gui.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
# :coding=utf-8:

from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function

import os

from Tkinter import *
from Tix import *
from tkMessageBox import showerror, showinfo
from tkFileDialog import askopenfilename

from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from webbrowser import open_new_tab

def paste(data, filename=None, description=None):
	args = [ "gist" ]
	if filename:		args.extend(("-f", filename))
	if description:		args.extend(("-d", description))
	p = Popen(args, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE)
	p.stdin.write(data.encode("utf-8"))
	r = p.communicate()[0]
	return r

class MainFrame(Frame):

	def __init__(self, master, *args, **kw):
		Frame.__init__(self, master, *args, **kw)

		f = Frame(self)

		l = Label(f, text="Description")
		l.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)
		self.desc_var = v = StringVar()
		e = Entry(f, textvariable=v)
		e.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH, expand=True)

		l = Label(f, text="Filename")
		l.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)
		self.name_var = v = StringVar()
		e = Entry(f, textvariable=v)
		e.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)
		b = Button(f, text="...", command=self._browse)
		b.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)

		f.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH)

		f = Frame(self)

		b = Button(f, text="Paste!", command=self._paste)
		b.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)
		l = Label(f, text="URL")
		l.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)
		self.url_var = v = StringVar()
		e = Entry(f, textvariable=v, state="readonly")
		e.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH, expand=True)
		b = Button(f, text="Copy", command=self._copy)
		b.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)
		b = Button(f, text="Open", command=self._open)
		b.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)

		f.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH)

		t = ScrolledText(self)
		t.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH, expand=True)

		self.text = t.text

	def _paste(self):
		data = self.text.get("0.0", "end")
		if (not data) or data == "\n":
			showerror("Error", "Nothing to paste!")
			return
		desc = self.desc_var.get()
		name = self.name_var.get()
		try:
			self.url_var.set(paste(data, name, desc).strip())
			self._copy()
		except OSError as e:
			showerror("Error", "Error pasting: "+str(e))

	def _copy(self):
		url = self.url_var.get()
		if not url: return
		self.clipboard_clear()
		self.clipboard_append(url)
		showinfo("Information", "URL copied to clipboard.")

	def _open(self):
		url = self.url_var.get()
		if not url: return
		open_new_tab(url)

	def _browse(self):
		name = askopenfilename(initialfile=self.name_var.get())
		if name:
			try:
				f = open(name, "rb")
				self.text.delete("0.0", "end")
				while True:
					block = f.read(1024*1024)
					if not block: break
					self.text.insert("end", block)
				self.name_var.set(os.path.basename(name))
			except IOError as e:
				showerror("Error", "Error reading file: "+str(e))

if __name__ == "__main__":
	root = Tk()
	root.title("Gist GUI")
	mf = MainFrame(root)
	mf.pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH, expand=True)
	root.mainloop()

can we update this, 08.12.2016 is more than two years,
and now for the checking and updating for 5.0.0 would be nice to see which should be fixed more early as often used.