searchdo.py

#!/usr/bin/python
from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk
import ConfigParser
from subprocess import Popen
from glob import glob
from difflib import get_close_matches
from pprint import pprint

###
#
# Gnome do poorly made in <100 lines.
# I uses a simple lenvenstine distance instead of real auto complete
# Esc closes it.
#
##


paths = ['/usr/share/applications/', '$HOME/.local/share/applications/']


class MyWindow(Gtk.Window):
    def __init__(self):
        Gtk.Window.__init__(self, title="Herp")
        Gtk.Window.set_decorated(self, False)
        Gtk.Window.set_position(self, Gtk.WindowPosition.CENTER)

        self.searchbox = Gtk.Entry()
      # self.button.connect("clicked", self.on_button_clicked)
        self.searchbox.connect('changed', self.on_changed)
        self.searchbox.connect('changed', self.on_changed)
        self.searchbox.connect("key-release-event", self.on_key_release)
        self.add(self.searchbox)

    def on_changed(self, widget):
        text = widget.get_text().strip()
        print '\n' + text
        pprint(get_close_matches(text, applications.list, 10, cutoff=.01))

    def on_key_release(self, widget, ev, data=None):
        if ev.keyval == Gdk.KEY_Escape:
            exit(0)
        if ev.keyval == Gdk.KEY_Return:
            applications.execute(get_close_matches(widget.get_text().strip(), applications.list, 10, cutoff=.01)[0])
            exit(0)


class applications:
    def __init__(self, paths):
        self.paths = paths
        self.files = self.__filelist()
        self.apps = {}
        for file in self.files:
            try:
                Config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
                Config.read(file)
                name = Config.get('Desktop Entry', 'name')
                self.apps[name] = {'name': name,
                                   'path': file,
                                   'type': Config.get('Desktop Entry', 'type'),
                                   'exec': Config.get('Desktop Entry', 'exec'),
                                   'icon': Config.get('Desktop Entry', 'icon')}
            except:
                continue
        self.list = self.apps.keys()

    def __filelist(self):
        result = []
        for path in self.paths:
            result = result + glob(path + '*.desktop')
        return result

    def execute(self, name):
        Popen(self.apps[name]['exec'], shell=True)


applications = applications(paths)

win = MyWindow()
win.connect("delete-event", Gtk.main_quit)
win.show_all()
Gtk.main()