# -*- python -*- ''' xpybar – xmobar replacement written in python Copyright © 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Mattias Andrée (maandree@kth.se) 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 3 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, see . ''' # A xpybar configuration example that demonstrates how you can # write a configuration that lets you change the clock between # any timezone you want using the keyboard or terminal. # This example requires the package python-posix_ipc, and the # example command requires the package cmdipc. # Caveat: This example is only written to support local displays. # If the host part of $DISPLAY contains a dot, this example will # not work as expected. # Caveat: The IPC objects are not cleaned up on exit. # After exiting you may want to run # cmdipc -PQrk "/~${USER}.xpybar.$(echo "${DISPLAY}" | cut -d . -f 1)" # To switch between UTC and localtime run the command # cmdipc -PQk "/~${USER}.xpybar.$(echo "${DISPLAY}" | cut -d . -f 1)" send -- tz ${THE_TIMEZONE_YOU_WANT} # You may want to add an executable file in your ~/.local/bin # (which should you include in your $PATH) containing the code # #!/bin/sh # exec cmdipc -PQk "/~${USER}.xpybar.$(echo "${DISPLAY}" | cut -d . -f 1)" send -- tz "$@" # You can then add a hotkey to xbindkeys running that command # with a timezone as a argument, or run it in the terminal. # If the timezone is omitted, local time is used. import time import threading from plugins.clock import Clock from plugins.tzclock import TZClock OUTPUT, HEIGHT, YPOS, TOP = 0, 12, 24, True time_format = '%Y-(%m)%b-%d %T, %a w%V, %Z' local_clock = Clock(format = time_format, sync_to = Clock.SECONDS) my_clock = local_clock def mqueue_wait(): import posix_ipc global my_clock qkey = '/~%s.xpybar.%s' % (os.environ['USER'], os.environ['DISPLAY'].split('.')[0]) q = posix_ipc.MessageQueue(qkey, posix_ipc.O_CREAT, 0o600, 8, 128) while True: message = q.receive(None)[0].decode('utf-8', 'replace').split(' ') if message[0] == 'tz': old_clock = my_clock tz = '/'.join(message[1:]) try: my_clock = local_clock if tz == '' else TZClock(timezone = tz, format = time_format) except: try: my_clock = local_clock if tz == '' else TZClock(timezone = tz.upper(), format = time_format) except: print('%s: unknown typezone: %s' % (sys.argv[0], tz), file = sys.stderr) continue if old_clock is not local_clock: del old_clock bar.invalidate() # Optional, just to force redrawing before the next second start_ = start def start(): start_() xasync(mqueue_wait) xasync(lambda : local_clock.continuous_sync(lambda : bar.invalidate())) def redraw(): text = '%s' % my_clock.read() bar.clear() bar.draw_coloured_text(0, 10, 0, 2, text)